prussians were in occupation
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
And in the same hall was also drawn up The Treaty of Versailles, the treaty made after World War I between the Allied states, 26 in number, on the one part, and Germany on the other.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “prussians were in occupation” mean?
And in the same hall was also drawn up The Treaty of Versailles, the treaty made after World War I between the Allied states, 26 in number, on the one part, and Germany on the other.
Is “prussians were in occupation” formal or informal?
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