Third Republic
Americannoun
noun
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the governmental system established after the fall of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War and lasting until the German occupation of 1940
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the period during which this governmental system functioned (1870–1940)
Example Sentences
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The nascent Third Republic brutally crushed the Commune in 1871, months before he met Rimbaud.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2020
Jackson does a brilliant job detailing the evolution of de Gaulle from a normal French officer who has contempt for the squabbling, mediocre politicians of the Third Republic into a clear voice for republicanism.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018
France's Third Republic was bedding in, having seen off a final challenge from the monarchists, and across the country reforms were being introduced that limited the powers of the church.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2018
The average duration of a Third Republic government in the 1930s was nine months.
From Slate • Sep. 28, 2013
"We Frenchmen of the Third Republic shall try to fight as well as the Frenchmen of the First Republic, and we'll pray that our allies, the English, may come soon."
From The Guns of Europe by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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