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Definition of Frederick the great
1. Noun. King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frederick The Great
Literary usage of Frederick the great
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1904)
"frederick the great AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN attempting to arrive at a
conclusion upon the much-debat subject of the attitude of Frederick the Great ..."
2. Lectures on the Philosophy of History by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Sibree (1902)
"But Frederick the Great not only made Prussia one of the great powers of Europe
as a Protestant power, but was also a philosophical King—an altogether ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Twice he met Frederick the Great, and in 1780 Catherine II of Russia. In the same
year hia mother, Empress Maria Theresa,died, and Joseph was free. the ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"CHAPTER XX frederick the great AND HIS SUCCESSOR (1) HOME AND FOREIGN POLICY (1763-97)
AFTER the Treaty of Hubertusburg, the King of Prussia found himself, ..."
5. The Development of Modern Europe: An Introduction to the Study of Current by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1907)
"... CHAPTER V THE WARS OF frederick the great frederick the great AND MARIA THERESA
Frederick,s 13. It was reserved for Frederick II of Prussia to stir ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1823)
"Throne; given by Frederick the Great to the Kings and People . "oí Europe, as a
Commentary on all present and all future Con- ' grasses, ..."
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