Definition of Prussian

1. Noun. A German inhabitant of Prussia.

Group relationships: Preussen, Prussia
Generic synonyms: German
Specialized synonyms: Junker

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants. "Prussian aristocracy"
Partainyms: Prussia
Derivative terms: Prussia

Definition of Prussian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Prussia.

Definition of Prussian

1. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia. ¹

2. Proper noun. The Prussian language; ''see'' Old Prussian and New Prussian. ¹

3. Noun. A person from the geographic region of Prussia. ¹

4. Noun. (historical) A citizen of the German state of Prussia. ¹

5. Noun. A person descended ethnically from the Baltic people of Prussia. ¹

6. Noun. A person descended ethnically from the Germans who later settled in Prussia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prussian

Prunus pumilla susquehanae
Prunus salicina
Prunus serotina
Prunus serrulata
Prunus sieboldii
Prunus spinosa
Prunus subcordata
Prunus subhirtella
Prunus susquehanae
Prunus tenella
Prunus triloba
Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana demissa
Pruss
Prussia
Prussian
Prussian asparagus
Prussian blue
Prussianism
Prussianisms
Prussians
Prutenic
Przevalski's horse
Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horses
Príncipe
Ps.
Psa.
Psalms
Psalter

Literary usage of Prussian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Owing to Austria's opposition it received only the present prussian province of Saxony ... Only the opposition of the prussian nobility prevented him from ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"So important is the practical co-operation of the imperial administration and the prussian government, that it has become customary lo appoint to seats in ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Owing to Austria's opposition it received only the present prussian province of Saxony ... Only the opposition of the prussian nobility prevented him from ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Frederick William, with little over two million subjects, raised the prussian army to a total of 80000. At his accession, in 1713, before the close of the ..."

5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"To France and Algeria, by French mails, 15 cents J oz. 30 cents -i oz. To German States, by prussian closed mail, 30 cents J oz. " by French mail. ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"The prussian government, like that of Austria, is driven by the ... The prussian soldiers were not unsuspected of " sympathy," and towards Prussia the ..."

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