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| prussia | (n) a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland, Syn. Preussen, Example: in the 19th century Prussia led the economic and political unification of the German states |
| prussian | (n) a German inhabitant of Prussia |
| prussian | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants, Example: Prussian officers; Prussian aristocracy |
| prussian blue | (n) a dark greenish-blue color |
| Prussian | a. [ From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien. ] Of or pertaining to Prussia. --
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| Prussiate | n. [ Cf. F. prussiate. ] (Chem.) A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Prussic | a. [ Cf. F. prussique. ] (Old Chem.) designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic. [ 1913 Webster ] |