Great War


noun
  1. another name for World War I

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How to use Great War in a sentence

  • Very likely the next Great War will have begun before we realize that the three days' delay in the fall of Antwerp saved Calais.

  • On that very road a battalion of Uhlans had been annihilated almost to a man at the outbreak of the Great War.

    The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queux
  • The early days of the Great War saw Sara Lee playing her part in the setting of a city in Pennsylvania.

    The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • A Great War cannot be waged on one continent but many of its bad effects are felt upon the others.

    Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
  • The Great War in Europe with Napoleon was over and England had plenty of ships and men to spare.

Cultural definitions for Great War

Great War

A common name for World War I before a second world war broke out. (See World War II.)

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