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Franco-Prussian

Adjective

Meaning

Franco-Prussian (not comparable)

Of or relating to both France and Prussia.
He fought in the Franco-Prussian War.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

After a debriefing by von Gröning, Chapman was awarded the Iron Cross for his work in apparently damaging the de Havilland works and the City of Lancaster, making him the first Englishman to receive such an award since the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. Source: Internet

After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 Napoléon III was imprisoned in Wilhelmshöhe. Source: Internet

Clyde K. Hyder, Algernon Swinburne: The Critical Heritage, 1995, p. 185 The Franco-Prussian War broke out soon after his graduation from college in 1870; he enlisted as a volunteer. Source: Internet

Armistice main In this painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes a woman holds up an oak twig as a symbol of hope for the nation's recovery from war and deprivation after the Franco-Prussian War. citation The Walters Art Museum. Source: Internet

As a Frenchman, with the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War still an offence to French national pride, he refused to perform in Germany. Source: Internet

During the Siege of Paris, from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871, which brought about French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war, the French people suffered great famine and poverty. Source: Internet

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