Dual Alliance

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noun

the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

the alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary against Russia 1879–1918.

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But this alliance is rotten, and cannot endure; the Western men are no partizans of slavery.
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Perhaps, like father, I am a snob at heart and liked the sensation of a sort of artistic alliance with the British aristocracy.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dual Alliance

Dual Alliance

noun

the alliance between France and Russia (1893–1917)

the secret Austro-German alliance against Russia (1879) later expanded to the Triple Alliance

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