frederick the great

1. 1.

   king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)

   SynonymsFrederick II

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Questions about frederick the great

What does frederick the great mean?

frederick the great means "king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War (1712-1786)".

What is another word for frederick the great?

Close synonyms include Frederick II. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frederick the great a common word?

frederick the great 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.