Agincourt

[ aj-in-kawrt, -kohrt; French a-zhan-koor ]

noun

1. a village in N France, near Calais: victory of the English over the French 1415.

Agincourt

/ aʒɛ̃kur; ˈædʒɪnˌkɔːt /

noun

1. a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number

Example Sentences

Would such shallowness be tolerated in a film about the Battle of Agincourt, immortalized by Shakespeare in Henry V?

From The Daily Beast

Yet there was also Henry V's victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, perhaps the dynasty's high spot.

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He reminds me a little of Henry V. before the battle of Agincourt.

From Project Gutenberg

There should have been twenty, but to be undermanned has been English fashion since Agincourt.

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He remembered the fight at Agincourt, and the wound received there, the captivity and weary waiting for release.

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Henry V. was in a similar strait before Agincourt, but in this case victory in the field extricated him from danger.

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Whatever the number was, it had suffered no material change before the battle of Agincourt.

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