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THIRTY YEARS' WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Meronyms (parts of "Thirty Years' War"):
battle of Lutzen; Lutzen (a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed)
Battle of Rocroi; Rocroi (a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders)
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