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Definition of Great 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 Great war
1. Proper noun. Epithet for World War I. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great War
Literary usage of Great war
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Persian War and Its Preliminaries: A Study of the Evidence by George Beardoe Grundy (1901)
"HERODOTUS AS THE HISTORIAN OF THE great war. A HISTORY of the war would be
incomplete unless the writer made an attempt to render an account of the evidence ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"FH '16 great war. See weekly numbers of the Independent for 1916 History of the
second year of the European war. il maps Lit Digest 53:229-34 Jl 29 '16 ..."
3. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"The Armed Peace Before the great war. § 2. ... A Summary of the great war Up to
1917. § 9. The great war from the Russian Collapse to the Armistice. § 10. ..."
4. Economic Effects of the War Upon Women and Children in Great Britainby Irene Osgood Andrews, Margaret A. Hobbs by Irene Osgood Andrews, Margaret A. Hobbs (1921)
"EFFECTS OF THE great war UPON AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.
By Benjamin H. Hibbard, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of ..."
5. Prices and Price Control in Great Britain and the United States During the ...by Simon Litman by Simon Litman (1920)
"EFFECTS OF THE great war UPON AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.
By Benjamin H. Hibbard, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of ..."
6. Nationalism, War and Society: A Study of Nationalism and Its Concomitant by Edward Benjamin Krehbiel (1916)
"The great war has justified the contention of the opponents of ... The great war
has demonstrated the inadequacy of the existing "preventatives" for war. ..."
7. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1902)
"THE WEATHER FACTOR IN THE great war: III MAY TO OCTOBER, 1915* By Robert De C.
Ward Harvard University THE last month of spring and the three months of ..."
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