Triple Entente

American  

noun

1. an informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco-Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo-French entente (1904), and an Anglo-Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in Russia in 1917.

2. the member nations of this entente.

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Triple Entente British  

noun

1. the understanding between Britain, France, and Russia that developed between 1894 and 1907 and counterbalanced the Triple Alliance of 1882. The Entente became a formal alliance on the outbreak of World War I and was ended by the Russian Revolution in 1917

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Example Sentences

Smaller states like Italy and Portugal later joined the Triple Entente, as did, eventually, the United States.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Once the war began, the Triple Entente of Russia, France, and Britain faced the Central Powers of Germany and Austria.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Among the largest European powers, the Triple Entente included an alliance of France, Great Britain, and Russia.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

In particular does he berate the Anglo-Russian treaty of 1907 which paved the way for completion of the Triple Entente by King Edward VII with the Tsar of Russia at Reval in 1908.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Turkish Government grew more and more warlike, and began to threaten, not only Greece, but Russia and the Triple Entente as well.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew