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PRUSSIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prussian mean? 

PRUSSIAN (noun)
  The noun PRUSSIAN has 1 sense:

1. a German inhabitant of Prussiaplay

  Familiarity information: PRUSSIAN used as a noun is very rare.


PRUSSIAN (adjective)
  The adjective PRUSSIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitantsplay

  Familiarity information: PRUSSIAN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRUSSIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A German inhabitant of Prussia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Prussian" is a kind of...):

German (a person of German nationality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Prussian"):

Junker (member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism)

Holonyms ("Prussian" is a member of...):

Preussen; Prussia (a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland)


PRUSSIAN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Prussian aristocracy

Pertainym:

Prussia (a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland)

Derivation:

Prussia (a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland)


 Context examples 


My dear sir, if you did anything so foolish you would probably enlarge the two limited titles of our village inns by giving us ‘The Dangling Prussian’ as a signpost.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Prussian blue stain is used for the demonstration of ferric iron in the tissue sections.

(Iron Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

There was a parallel instance in Aberdeen some years back, and something on very much the same lines at Munich the year after the Franco-Prussian War.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the long lists by the Garonne on the landward side of the northern gate there had been many a strange combat, when the Teutonic knight, fresh from the conquest of the Prussian heathen, ran a course against the knight of Calatrava, hardened by continual struggle against the Moors, or cavaliers from Portugal broke a lance with Scandinavian warriors from the further shore of the great Northern Ocean.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I would wish to know it,” said the Prussian grimly.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the prussian blue staining, the sections are treated with an acidic solution of potassium ferrocyanide and any ferric iron present reacts to form an insoluble bright blue pigment called Prussian blue.

(Iron Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A few rich settles and bancals, choicely carved and decorated with glazed leather hangings of the sort termed or basane, completed the furniture of the apartment, save that at one side of the dais there stood a lofty perch, upon which a cast of three solemn Prussian gerfalcons sat, hooded and jesseled, as silent and motionless as the royal fowler who stood beside them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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