Definition of Crimean War

1. Noun. A war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856.

Generic synonyms: War, Warfare
Geographical relationships: Crimea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crimean War

Crick
Crigan
Crigler
Crigler-Najjar disease
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
Crile
Crile's clamp
Crimble
Crimbo
Crimea
Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Crimean
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
Crimean Tatar
Crimean War (current term)
Crimean fever
Crimean peninsula
Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada
Criminal Investigation Command
Crinoidea
Crioulo
Crip
Crips
Crispin
Crispus
Cristobal
Cristobal Balenciaga
Cristobal Colon
Cristoforo Colombo

Literary usage of Crimean War

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"I. not yet declared its will to confiscate property which was within our territory at the declaration of war (q\ On the outbreak of the Crimean war, ..."

2. The Life of John Bright by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1913)
"1:853-55] THE WARRIOR OF PEACE CHAPTER X THE Crimean War ‘ Alliances are dangerous things. It is an alliance with Turkey that barn drawn us into this war. ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Allowing for a Turkish loss of 30000, and a Sardinian loss of 2000, it does not seem an exaggeration to say that the Crimean War cost the lives of 600000 ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"At the end of the Crimean war, just before taking his first degree, he passed for a direct commission in the royal artillery, in which he was appointed ..."

5. The Fortnightly Review (1865)
"л ON SOME UNEXPECTED RESULTS OF THE Crimean War. ... In fact, the Crimean war was the sign that a mind of almost unique power and sagacity had got the ..."

6. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1876)
"CAUSE AND OBJECTS OF THE Crimean War.1 Вт FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN. THE readers of this Magazine will be aware that the Editor and his coadjutors have warmly ..."

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