Third Republic
Americannoun
noun
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the governmental system established after the fall of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War and lasting until the German occupation of 1940
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the period during which this governmental system functioned (1870–1940)
Example Sentences
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In France, mass secular free education happened in 1882 under the prime minister of the Third Republic, Jules Ferry.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Jackson does a brilliant job detailing the evolution of de Gaulle from a normal French officer who has contempt for the squabbling, mediocre politicians of the Third Republic into a clear voice for republicanism.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018
France's Third Republic was bedding in, having seen off a final challenge from the monarchists, and across the country reforms were being introduced that limited the powers of the church.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2018
The average duration of a Third Republic government in the 1930s was nine months.
From Slate • Sep. 28, 2013
The Third Republic was soon obliged to fight for her life against the same enemy which had wounded her sister mortally.
From Liberty In The Nineteenth Century by Holland, Frederic May
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