Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈpɹʌ.ʃən/
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ˈpɹʌ.ʃən
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.
Usage- not-comparable
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Young Hegelianism was the philosophical expression of the republican, bourgeois-democratic opposition which criticized the feudal order of the Prussian state and turned its eyes hopefully towards France.
Proper noun
The Prussian language; see Old Prussian (an extinct West Baltic language) and New Prussian (the modern reconstruction of the Old Prussian language, spoken by pilot communities in Lithuania, Poland, and elsewhere).
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia.
A citizen of the German state of Prussia.
Usage- Historical
A member of or a person descended from the Baltic ethnic group which inhabited Prussia.
A member of or a person descended from the German ethnic group which settled in Prussia.
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The Junkers were the stereotypical Prussians.
Adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants
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Prussian officers
Prussian aristocracy
Noun
a German inhabitant of Prussia
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