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Definition of Prussian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants. "Prussian aristocracy"
2. Noun. A German inhabitant of Prussia.
Definition of Prussian
1. a. Of or pertaining to Prussia.
Definition of Prussian
1. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia. ¹
2. Proper noun. The Prussian language; ''see'' Old Prussian and New Prussian. ¹
3. Noun. A person from the geographic region of Prussia. ¹
4. Noun. (historical) A citizen of the German state of Prussia. ¹
5. Noun. A person descended ethnically from the Baltic people of Prussia. ¹
6. Noun. A person descended ethnically from the Germans who later settled in Prussia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prussian
Literary usage of Prussian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Owing to Austria's opposition it received only the present Prussian province of
Saxony ... Only the opposition of the Prussian nobility prevented him from ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"So important is the practical co-operation of the imperial administration and
the Prussian government, that it has become customary lo appoint to seats in ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Owing to Austria's opposition it received only the present Prussian province of
Saxony ... Only the opposition of the Prussian nobility prevented him from ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Frederick William, with little over two million subjects, raised the Prussian
army to a total of 80000. At his accession, in 1713, before the close of the ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"To France and Algeria, by French mails, 15 cents J oz. 30 cents -i oz. To German
States, by Prussian closed mail, 30 cents J oz. " by French mail. ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"The Prussian government, like that of Austria, is driven by the ... The Prussian
soldiers were not unsuspected of " sympathy," and towards Prussia the ..."
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