Definition of prussian Prussian

/pɹʌˈʃʌn/ - [prushun] - Prus•sian

We found 14 definitions of prussian from 6 different sources.

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What does prussian mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

prussian - a German inhabitant of Prussia
  german the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
  preussen, prussia a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland; "in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states"

Adjective

Prussian, prussianer, prussianest

prussian - of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants; "Prussian officers"; "Prussian aristocracy"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • prussian (Noun)
    A native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia.
  • prussian (Noun)
    A citizen of the German state of Prussia.
  • prussian (Noun)
    A member of or a person descended from the Baltic ethnic group which inhabited Prussia.
  • prussian (Noun)
    A member of or a person descended from the German ethnic group which settled in Prussia.
  • prussian (Adjective)
    Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • prussian (a.)
    Of or pertaining to Prussia.
  • prussian (n.)
    A native or inhabitant of Prussia.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • prussian
    An extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the inhabitants of Prussia in an area of what later became East Prussia (now north-eastern Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia) and eastern parts of Pomerelia (some parts of the region East of the Vistula river).
  • prussian
    Of or relating to Prussia, Prussians, or the Prussian language.
  • prussian
    A person of Prussian nationality.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • prussian
    prush′an, adj. of or pertaining to Prussia.—n. an inhabitant of Prussia.—v.t. Pruss′ianise.—n. Pruss′iate, a salt of prussic acid: a cyanide.—adj. Pruss′ic, pertaining to Prussian blue.—Prussian blue, cyanide of potassium and iron; Prussic acid, a deadly poison, an acid first obtained from Prussian blue—also Hydrocyanic acid

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