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Definition of First World War
1. Noun. A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918.
Generic synonyms: World War
Terms within: Battle Of The Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-thierry, Marne River, Battle Of Caporetto, Caporetto, Dardanelles, Dardanelles Campaign, Battle Of Jutland, Jutland, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse, Meuse River, Meuse-argonne, Meuse-argonne Operation, Battle Of Soissons-reims, Battle Of The Aisne, Battle Of The Chemin-des-dames, Soissons, Battle Of The Somme, Somme, Somme River, Battle Of Tannenberg, Tannenberg, Battle Of Verdun, Verdun, Battle Of Ypres, First Battle Of Ypres, Ypres, Battle Of Ypres, Second Battle Of Ypres, Ypres, Battle Of Ypres, Third Battle Of Ypres, Ypres
Definition of First World War
1. Proper noun. The war between the Allied and Central Powers between 1914 and 1918. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of First World War
Literary usage of First World War
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Politics of Law and Order: A History of the Bavarian Einwohnerwehr, 1918 by David Clay Large (1980)
"At the outbreak of the First World War over two-thirds of the population belonged
to the so- called Mittelstand. Although the depression of the 1890's ..."
2. Architecture of Instruction and Delight: A Socio-historical Analysis of by Pieter van Wesemael (2001)
"He was respected both nationally and internationally up until the First World War.
In addition to being the founder and chairman of the Société Française ..."
3. On My Honour: Guides and Scouts in Interwar Britain by Tammy M. Proctor (2002)
""Women's Military Services in First World War Britain." in Behind the Lines. ...
Women Workers in the First World War (London and New York: Routledge. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Only the first two chapters, which deal with the development of British science
organization and policies up until the First World War —and which are ..."
5. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"In the conflagration of the First World War, in a large territory to the east of
the Rhine, a very disparate opposition made up of members of miscellaneous ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"The First World War was made manifest to me by seeing some grass trampled by ...
We lolled and slouched into the First World War; the Second has found us ..."
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