All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "World War I"

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Total 99 word senses

• ANZAC (Proper name) [English] Acronym of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
• Anzac Day (Proper name) [English] April 25, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand that originally commemorated the sacrifices made by members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and now honours people from those countries who have served in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.
• Archie (Noun) [English] Anti-aircraft artillery.
• Archie (Noun) [English] A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance.
• Armenian genocide (Proper name) [English] The systematic mass murder of around one million ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I (1915–1917).
• Armistice (Proper name) [English] The armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I.
• Armistice Day (Proper name) [English] 11th November, the anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement to end World War I, commemorating the fallen of that war.; Former name of Veterans Day.
• Armistice Day (Proper name) [English] 11th November, the anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement to end World War I, commemorating the fallen of that war.; Former name of Remembrance Day.
• Beatty (Proper name) [English] David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, British admiral in the First World War
• Big Bertha (Proper name) [English] A heavy, long-range howitzer used by Germany in World War I.
• Big Red One (Proper name) [English] The United States 1st Infantry Division.
• European War (Proper name) [English] Former name of WWI / World War One / First World War / The Great War.
• First World War (Proper name) [English] World War I.
• Foch (Proper name) [English] Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal in the First World War
• French 75 (Noun) [English] The Canon de 75 modèle 1897, an artillery piece capable of firing 75 mm shells.
• Gallipoli (Proper name) [English] The Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16) in World War I.
• Great War (Proper name) [English] Epithet for World War I.
• Haig (Proper name) [English] Alternative spelling of Hayk
• Hindenburg (Proper name) [English] Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal in the First World War and second President of the Weimar Republic.
• Horthy (Proper name) [Hungarian] Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral in the First World War and later regent of Hungary
• I wojna światowa (Proper name) [Polish] World War I
• IRB (Noun) [English] Initialism of internal review board, an internal affairs division of a police department.
• Jellicoe (Proper name) [English] John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, a British admiral in the First World War.
• Johnny Canuck (Proper name) [English] A Canadian soldier.
• Johnny Turk (Proper name) [English] An Ottoman soldier in World War One, particularly a Turkish one.
• Kitchener (Proper name) [English] A title:; Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British field marshal in the First World War
• Kitchener bun (Noun) [English] Synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”)
• Lusitania (Proper name) [English] The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I
• November Criminals (Noun) [English] The German government leaders who signed the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
• Novemberverbrecher (Noun) [German] November Criminal
• Perang Dunia I (Proper name) [Indonesian] World War I; First World War
• Primera Guerra Mundial (Proper name) [Catalan] First World War
• Primera Guerra Mundial (Proper name) [Spanish] First World War; World War I
• RNAS (Proper name) [English] Initialism of Royal Navy Air Service. (British)
• Somme (Proper name) [English] A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.
• Trianon (Noun) [English] The Treaty of Trianon, a peace treaty signed in the Grand Trianon on 4 June 1920, which formally ended World War I between most of the Allies and the Kingdom of Hungary, leaving Hungary as a landlocked state with less than one-third of its prewar area.
• U-Boot (Noun) [Polish] U-boat (any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War)
• U-boat (Noun) [English] Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.
• Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig (Proper name) [Tagalog] World War I; First World War
• Verdun (Proper name) [English] A small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France, the site of a ten-month long battle in World War I.
• Verdun (Proper name) [French] Verdun (a small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France)
• WW (Noun) [English] Initialism of wild woman, i.e. prostitute.
• Wilsonianism (Noun) [English] An approach to foreign policy typical of US president Woodrow Wilson, characterized by the spread of capitalist democracy and an emphasis on openness, conflict resolution, and the self-determination of peoples.
• Wipers (Proper name) [English] Ypres
• Woodbine (Noun) [English] A British soldier.
• World War I (Proper name) [English] The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
• Ypres (Proper name) [English] Any of several battles fought near this city during the First World War.
• Zeppelin (Proper name) [English] Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.
• abeille (Noun) [French] bullet
• bag of rations (Noun) [English] A fussy or overly zealous military superior.
• bieżeństwo (Noun) [Polish] forced migration of the mainly Orthodox population from the Russian Empire's western territories into the country during World War I
• bromobenzyl cyanide (Noun) [English] A lachrymatory agent (aka tear gas) introduced in World War I.
• bunk lizard (Noun) [English] A soldier who relishes his bed.
• butchershop (Noun) [English] A military hospital or its division where surgeries upon the wounded are performed.
• buzzard (Noun) [English] A fighter plane.
• calling card (Noun) [English] An explosive dropped from a bomber aeroplane.
• canteen lizard (Noun) [English] A soldier who relishes eating out or working in kitchens in the rear.
• chat (Noun) [English] A louse (small, parasitic insect).
• cherch (Verb) [English] To scrounge, to obtain in an unintended fashion, to scrape together.
• club (Noun) [English] The propeller of an aeroplane.
• coal (Noun) [English] Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.
• cold turkey (Noun) [English] Something exposed as a target due to surmountable defense.
• emma (Noun) [English] M in RAF phonetic alphabet
• ententa (Proper name) [Polish] entente (coalition of twenty-five countries fighting against the Central Powers during World War I)
• female tank (Noun) [English] an armoured fighting vehicle on caterpillar tracks equipped with machine guns but no cannon.
• hermaphrodite (Noun) [English] An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.
• issue (Noun) [English] Someone or something that flows out or comes out; The entire set of something; all of something.
• male tank (Noun) [English] an armoured fighting vehicle on caterpillar tracks equipped with cannon.
• mill (Noun) [English] A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
• mill (Noun) [English] A delousing station, cootie mill.
• minnie (Noun) [English] A minenwerfer trench mortar.
• mud-hogs (Noun) [English] The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:; field artillery
• mud-hogs (Noun) [English] The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:; frontline service
• muffler (Noun) [English] A gasmask.
• nailkeg (Noun) [English] A shrapnel shell.
• no man's land (Noun) [English] Territory that is often disputed, and that cannot be inhabited because of fear of conflict, especially:; The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.
• obusite (Noun) [French] shell shock
• old sweat (Noun) [English] An experienced soldier.
• over the top (Adverb) [English] Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, top.
• pals battalion (Noun) [English] A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a single battalion in order to incentivize enlistment in the British Army during World War I.
• pierwsza wojna światowa (Proper name) [Polish] Alternative spelling of I wojna światowa.
• pip (Noun) [English] P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
• poppy (Noun) [English] A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.
• reo (Noun) [English] A reinforcement (additional soldiers).
• stick (Noun) [English] A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.; An aircraft’s propeller.
• sticker (Noun) [English] A bayonet.
• stovepipe (Noun) [English] A trench mortar such as the Stokes mortar.
• tin derby (Noun) [English] A tin hat.
• tin dip (Noun) [English] A tin hat.
• tin lid (Noun) [English] A tin hat.
• trench derby (Noun) [English] A tin hat.
• truck driver (Noun) [English] A bomber pilot.
• war baby (Noun) [English] An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.
• war to end all wars (Proper name) [English] Epithet for World War I.
• zigzag (Adjective) [English] Drunk.
• zigzig (Noun) [English] Sexual intercourse.
• 14-18 (Proper name) [English] Synonym of World War I
• 14-18 war (Proper name) [English] World War I.
• 75 (Noun) [English] Ellipsis of French 75.

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