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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A city of northwest Germany on the Weser River south of Bremen. Settled in Roman times, it was founded c. 800 as a bishopric by Charlemagne. Minden joined the Hanseatic League in the 13th century and passed to Prussia in 1814. Population: 83,100.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the Anglo-Allied forces under duke Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated the French under Marshal Contades.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
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“Meenote (aka Minden, of course) is, as we all know, very jealous of the little BLOND thing (I still can't believe I have such a blond child!) ….”
“At a charming little town called Minden, I met an”
“Sociology Bullying Up the Social Ladder Minden Pictures/Getty Images A study finds that bullying is an "instrumental" tactic used by moderately popular students as they climb the social ladder.”
“Lt. Carl Minden, a spokesman for the Pulaski County sheriff's office, declined to comment on what evidence, if any, had been recovered.”
“Minden Pictures Cogon Grass: The hardy native Asian species was first brought to the U.S. as packing material in shipping crates.”
“Single leaf from a Missal, in Latin Germany, Hamburg, shortly before 1381 Illuminated by Meister Bertram von Minden The young people hawking are fashionably dressed: the youth wears a red pourpoint with a dagged hem, a particularly tight chaperon, narrow belt, and open shoes.”
The Wall Street Journal: Fashion in Art: Medieval France and the Netherlands
“The Luck of Barry Lyndon, by William Makepeace Thackeray Thackeray's anti-hero, an 18th-century soldier of fortune, recalls his involvement in the Battle of Minden.”
“The dedication to politics was on display on Thursday in an office here in Minden, a farming town of about 3,000 people 50 miles south of Reno.”
The Wall Street Journal: Rounding Up 'the Rurals' to Corral Nevada Caucuses
“The bus rolled over on Interstate 80 near Minden, Iowa, after a tire blew out.”
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