West Prussia
noun
a former province of Prussia: since 1945 part of Poland.
West Prussian
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a word derived from
West Prussia.
Example Sentences
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A Berlin wood-sawyer accomplished as much in ten days as a West Prussian from Labiau in twenty-seven days.
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
He really had not thought of his West Prussian estate for a long time, when it suddenly occurred to him during Herr von Osternau's discourse.
From Quicksands by Adolph Streckfuss
He must have been a very small child as he sat with his nurse in the sunny garden-corner, yonder on the West Prussian estate.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
He was ordained a Protestant minister and served first at Cologne and then at the English church in the West Prussian city of Elbing.
From The Reformed Librarie-Keeper (1650) by John Dury
A far more robust figure came to the fore in Max Halbe, a West Prussian and an individuality deeply rooted in the soil of his forefathers.
From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various
