Great War

British  

noun

1. another name for World War I

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Great War Cultural  

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

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Great War

And seven decades earlier, Hearts missed out on the 1915 championship, because 13 of its players abruptly left the team: They had enlisted in the Royal Scots battalion to go fight in the Great War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The idea of Remembrance, the forms it took, emerged in the immediate aftermath of the Great War, as it was then known.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025

Otto Dix's art was deemed an "insult to the German heroes of the Great War."

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

Baker’s play premiered in 1917 in London, but the way it tackles the issue of work-life balance seems to speak more to the Great Resignation than to the Great War.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

They remind me of photos of soldiers returning from the Great War, hollow-eyed and bald.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline