Third Republic
noun
the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
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How to use Third Republic in a sentence
But the Republicans of the Third Republic, in 1885, would learn nothing and forget nothing.
France and the Republic | William Henry Hurlbert
British Dictionary definitions for Third Republic
Third Republic
noun
the governmental system established after the fall of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War and lasting until the German occupation of 1940
the period during which this governmental system functioned (1870–1940)
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