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• Prussia

  noun 1. a former state in N Europe: became a military power in the 18th century and in 1871 led the formation of the German empire; formally abolished as an administrative unit in 1947. noun 1. a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic […]

• Prussian

  adjective 1. of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants. 2. characterized by, exemplifying, or resembling Prussianism. noun 3. a native or inhabitant of Prussia. 4. (originally) one of a Lettic people formerly inhabiting territory along and near the coast at the southeastern corner of the Baltic Sea. 5. a Baltic language formerly spoken in […]

• Prussian-blue

  noun 1. a moderate to deep greenish blue. 2. one of the iron blues, a dark-blue, crystalline, water-insoluble pigment, Fe 4 [Fe(CN) 6 ] 3 , produced by reacting ferrocyanic acid or a ferrocyanide with a ferric compound: used in painting, fabric printing, and laundry bluing. Prussian blue noun 1. any of a number of […]

• Prussianism

  noun 1. the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians. noun 1. the ethos of the Prussian state and aristocracy, esp militarism and stern discipline

• Prussianize

  verb (used with object), prussianized, prussianizing. (sometimes initial capital letter) 1. to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc. verb 1. (transitive) to make Prussian in character, esp with respect to military matters

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