franco-prussian war

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   a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871

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Questions about franco-prussian war

What does franco-prussian war mean?

franco-prussian war means "a war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871".

Is franco-prussian war a common word?

franco-prussian war is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.