Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A high shoe or half boot.
  • noun A shoe having the vamp and tongue made of one piece and the quarters lapping over the vamp.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A strong leather half-boot or high shoe, named after Field-marshal von Blücher, commander of the Prussian army in the later campaigns against Napoleon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of half boot, or high shoe, with laces over the tongue; -- named from the Prussian general Blücher.

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  • noun historical A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.
  • noun A sturdy laced leather half-boot.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819)
  • noun a high shoe with laces over the tongue

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.]

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Named from Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), a Prussian general.

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Examples

  • Asked to explain the gag, he says it's an urban legend - that "blucher" means "glue" in German.

    ajc.com - News 2010

  • The woman's shoe and heel resemble a blucher-style oxford seen in a pre-takeoff photo of Earhart.

    Lab scans bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart 2010

  • The woman's shoe and heel resemble a blucher-style oxford seen in a pre-takeoff photo of Earhart.

    Lab scans bones that may belong to Amelia Earhart 2010

  • The woman's shoe and heel resemble a blucher-style oxford seen in a pre-takeoff photo of Earhart.

    Bones Found On Island Might Be Amelia Earhart's AP 2010

  • Then again, I still find the running “blucher!” gag in Young Frankenstein hysterical.

    Hullabaloo 2008

  • “How the deuce should I know? or what do I care?” cries the young artist, stamping the heel of his blucher on the pavement.

    The Newcomes 2006

  • Other substitutions included “embrace” for “tackle,” “blucher” for “slush buster,”* “muggings” for “hog wash,” “fearful” for “rough,” “wickedest” for “vilest,” “leer” for “slobber,” “jolly” for “bully,” and “swindle” for “humbug.”

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Other substitutions included “embrace” for “tackle,” “blucher” for “slush buster,”* “muggings” for “hog wash,” “fearful” for “rough,” “wickedest” for “vilest,” “leer” for “slobber,” “jolly” for “bully,” and “swindle” for “humbug.”

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • I was wearing the clothes of a ship's boy, canvas trousers, thick blucher shoes, a rough check shirt, and a straw hat.

    Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

  • The little crowd outside the hut: selectors in washed and mended tweeds, some with paper collars, some wearing starched and ironed white coats, and in blucher boots, greased or blackened, or the young men wearing

    Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894

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  • (n): A high shoe or half boot.

    November 20, 2007