Great War

British  

noun

1. another name for World War I

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Great War Cultural  

1. A common name for World War I before a second world war broke out. (See World War II.)

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Example Sentences

And seven decades earlier, Hearts missed out on the 1915 championship, because 13 of its players abruptly left the team: They had enlisted in the Royal Scots battalion to go fight in the Great War.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He and his siblings grew up knowing all about the part one of their relatives played in the Great War.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Otto Dix's art was deemed an "insult to the German heroes of the Great War."

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

Baker’s play premiered in 1917 in London, but the way it tackles the issue of work-life balance seems to speak more to the Great Resignation than to the Great War.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023

But Richard had fought and been wounded in the Great War, and he did not think any harm would come to him or his family in the long run.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown