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GREAT ELECTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)
Synonyms:
Frederick William; Great Elector
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Elector (any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire)
Holonyms ("Great Elector" is a member of...):
Hohenzollern (a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia)