Third Republic


noun
  1. the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.

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How to use Third Republic in a sentence

  • But the Republicans of the Third Republic, in 1885, would learn nothing and forget nothing.

    France and the Republic | William Henry Hurlbert

British Dictionary definitions for Third Republic

Third Republic

noun
  1. the governmental system established after the fall of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War and lasting until the German occupation of 1940

  2. the period during which this governmental system functioned (1870–1940)

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