Great War

noun

1. See World War I
   another name for World War I

Great War

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

Example Sentences

Primarily because the way most of us in the west and Anglophile world view the history of the Great War is from the winning side.

From The Daily Beast

Why was he so inspired by the Great War—and a group of school friends?

From The Daily Beast

The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War, to be published July 1, is her first standalone novel.

From The Daily Beast

The chance of becoming a mother had died when she lost her sweetheart in the Great War.

From The Daily Beast

In Europe, of course, memories of the Great War are evergreen.

From The Daily Beast

Very likely the next great war will have begun before we realize that the three days' delay in the fall of Antwerp saved Calais.

From Project Gutenberg

On that very road a battalion of Uhlans had been annihilated almost to a man at the outbreak of the Great War.

From Project Gutenberg

The early days of the great war saw Sara Lee playing her part in the setting of a city in Pennsylvania.

From Project Gutenberg

A great war cannot be waged on one continent but many of its bad effects are felt upon the others.

From Project Gutenberg

The great war in Europe with Napoleon was over and England had plenty of ships and men to spare.

From Project Gutenberg