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/vɔn bˈɪzmˌɑrk/ Listen

Von Bismarck

noun

German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898). Synonyms: Bismarck, Iron Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck.

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... Von Bismarck was born at the manor-house of Schoenhausen, in the Mark of Brandenburg, on April 1, 1815. Just a month before, Napoleon had escaped from Elba; and, as the child lay in his cradle, the peasants of the village, who but half a year ago had returned from the great campaign ...

— Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire • James Wycliffe Headlam

... were cast; an arsenal, complete in every detail, seemed to spring from the earth under the tireless efforts of Dorian, the patriotic war minister. When, after the rupture of the negotiations at Ferrieres, Jules Favre acquainted the country with M. von Bismarck's demands—the cession of Alsace, the garrison of Strasbourg to be surrendered, three milliards of indemnity—a cry of rage went up and the continuation of the war was demanded by acclaim as a condition indispensable to the ...

— The Downfall • Emile Zola

Words linked to "Von Bismarck" : Bismarck, national leader, solon, statesman