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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Example Sentences

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

She said she attend the event to "remember all those who lost their lives during the First World War and in subsequent conflicts".

From BBC

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

From Literature

Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to jail in 1918 for speaking out against the First World War.

From Salon

It was used during the First World War to sanction aristocrats who had UK titles but were fighting in the German army.

From BBC