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Burschenschaft

American  
[boor-shuhn-shahft] / ˈbʊər ʃənˌʃɑft /

noun

German.
Burschenschaften plural
  1. any of certain associations of students formed to promote patriotism, Christian conduct, and liberal ideas but now primarily social fraternities.


Burschenschaft British  
/ ˈbʊrʃənʃaft /

noun

  1. a students' fraternity, originally one concerned with Christian ideals, patriotism, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of Burschenschaft

literally: youth association

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In conclusion, we must employ a few sentences on the early Burschenschaft and the modern fragments of its wreck.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William

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

To accomplish these high endeavours, there must be a universal free Burschenschaft throughout all Germany.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William

At this time sprang up the so-called Deutsche Burschenschaft, organizations of young men, whose object was to promote the cause of German union.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

To establish a thorough union amongst the students, was a main object of the Burschenschaft.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William

The Burschenschaften are now purely social and non-political societies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

The Burschenschaften societies of students had their origin in political opposition to this separation of the students into communities from the various states.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

The originators of the Burschenschaften movement, for example, were eleven students at Jena.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

The societies of the Burschenschaften are still considered to have a political complexion and the corps proper have no dealings with them.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

Raumer, in his "History of German Universities," testifies that the Burschenschaften abolished there the last vestige of that system of hazing practised on new-comers, which seems to be an indigenous weed of the college soil.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various

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