What is the meaning of Waterloo?

noun

  • A town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat.
  • A final crushing defeat.
    • usage: "he met his waterloo"
  • The battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon.
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