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Definition of Frederick William
1. Noun. The Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frederick William
Literary usage of Frederick William
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"Frederick William at first demanded satisfaction by duel, seconds were named,
and a meeting arranged. Diplomacy, however, averted the duel and suggested an ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Frederick William II, the successor of Frederick the Great, ... The eleven years'
reign of Frederick William II was economically a happy period. ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Frederick William's Permanent Influence Although Frederick William IV refused the
... Frederick William IV carefully and considerately avoided an immediate ..."
4. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn (1889)
"Frederick-William II., nephew'of the p 1797. Frederick-William III. (he had to
contend' the might of Napoleon, ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"In Germany the return to a uniform, authoritative mode of worship was begun by
Frederick William III. of Prussia in the early years of the nineteenth ..."
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