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noun

Frie·drich Wil·helm Lu·dolf Ger·hard Au·gus·tin von

[free-drikh vil-helm loo-dawlf geyr-hahrt ou-goo

s-teen fuh

n] , 1730–94, Prussian major general in the American Revolutionary army.

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steuben
noun
American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794)

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