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 that the Great War had been the war to end all wars had fallen apart in the late 1930s, with the outbreak of World War Two.

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

Several days a week, Madame brings food to Crazy Hubert Bazin, a veteran of the Great War who sleeps in an alcove behind the library in sun or snow.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr