1. a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland; [syn: Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Fontenoy
n 1: a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal
Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the
duke of Cumberland [syn: Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy]