Culloden, Battle of
Pronunciation: /kəˈlɒd(ə)n/
Definition of Culloden, Battle of
- the final engagement of the Jacobite uprising of 1745-6, fought on a moor near Inverness, the last pitched battle on British soil. The Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland crushed the small and poorly supplied Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart, and a ruthless pursuit after the battle effectively prevented any chance of saving the Jacobite cause.