Wilhelmineadj.
/ˈvɪlhɛlmʌɪn/ Of or pertaining to (the reign of) William II, emperor of Germany 1888–1918.
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1948 A. Huxley Ape & Essence (1949) 21 Floating products of Wilhelmine wealth and culture.
1975 Hist. Jrnl. 18 821 It was in this situation that the role of the Centre party in Wilhelmine politics became decisive.
1979 Observer 18 Nov. 35 The mood of fatalism that overtook the Wilhelmine Empire of Germany before the advent of the First World War.
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Wilˈhelmian adj.
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1957 Cassell's German & Eng. Dict. I. 614/2 Wilhelminisch, adj., of William II, Wilhelmian (of Germany).
1962 Times 14 Nov. 16/2 The Wilhelmian empire.
Wilhelˈminian adj. [compare German wilhelminisch]
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [adjective] > specific German
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Wilhelmine1948
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1931 C. R. Turner tr. G. Schultze-Pfaelzer Hindenburg xii. 279 A swaggering general of the later Wilhelminian period.
1956 S. Bedford Legacy iv. v. 282 The events..shed a queer light on the Wilhelminian era.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Oct. 1183/1 Like so many intellectuals in Wilhelminian Germany.
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