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FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Franco-Prussian War mean?

• FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR (noun)
The noun FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR has 1 sense:

1. a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of the German empire; 1870-1871

Familiarity information: FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of the German empire; 1870-1871

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

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