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Definition of Old prussian
1. Noun. A dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European.
Definition of Old prussian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people. ¹
2. Proper noun. the Baltic language spoken by the people of Prussia prior to their subjugation by the German Order. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Prussian
Literary usage of Old 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)
"The conflict was intensified by the appointment of many old Prussian officials
to positions in the Rhineland and was greatly augmented by quarrels about ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"old prussian LANGUAGE. An extinct member of the Baltic group of Indo-Ger- manic
... The old prussian fragments consist of translations of two catechisms, ..."
3. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1841)
"Of the old prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettish Languages. ... An analysis of the
old prussian language by Professor Von Bohlen fully establishes the assertion ..."
4. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"... authority of the old Prussian monarchy was not, and is not, the final word of my
... old Prussian ..."
5. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"... inasmuch as the monarch Moreover, the unlimited authority of the old Prussian
monarchy was not, and is not, the final word of my convictions. ..."
6. The Science of Language: Linguistics, Philology, Etymology by Abel Hovelacque (1877)
"After the conquest of all the old Prussian territory by the Germans, ...
Less incorrect than modern Lettish often is, old Prussian inclines more to the ..."
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