First World War

American  

noun

1. World War I.

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First World War British  

noun

1. another name for World War I

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First World War

A French machine-gun officer in the trenches during the First World War.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

There was a perceived superiority of the British Home Championship, fallouts over player payments, and a reluctance to play other European teams following the First World War.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

The region once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire but was ceded to Italy as part of a First World War settlement.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

As the poet William Butler Yeats observed after the end of the First World War, the center is not holding, while the best lack all conviction.

From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2025

Tuchman’s book describes how the world’s great powers, through a series of misunderstandings, stumbled into the First World War.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin