Burschenschaft
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Burschenschaft
literally: youth association
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Those who did continue the agitation exhibited less of zeal for German unity and more for that sort of liberalism which had been current in France, than had marked the efforts of the Burschenschaft.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Footnote 23: Because it was the Burschenschaft riband, and therefore a great desecration to be worn by a Knoten.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
For poorer students there is a cheaper form of union, called a Burschenschaft.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
During his abode in Jena, he was a member of the so-called Burschenschaft, but at the same time also of another company, which he termed a Literary Union.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
The Burschenschaft, as the student brothers were called, finally formed themselves into a league comprising sixty schools; and held a famous meeting at Wartburg, 1817.
From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by Greusel, John Hubert
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