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blu·cher | \ ˈblü-chər also -kər 
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\Definition of blucher
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a shoe having the tongue and vamp cut in one piece and the quarters lapped over the vamp and laced together for closing
Blücher
biographical nameBlü·cher | \ ˈblü-kər , ˈblᵫ-ḵər \
, ˈblᵫ-ḵər \Definition of Blücher (Entry 2 of 2)
Gebhard Leberecht von 1742–1819 prince of Wahlstatt Prussian field marshal
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