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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of Prussia (1840–1861) who crushed the Revolution of 1848 and refused the crown of a united Germany offered to him by the Frankfurt Parliament (1849).
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- noun king of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865)
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The king of Prussia, Frederick William IV, also promised a written constitution to his subjects.
Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009
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He was sent to Frankfurt as envoy for Frederick William IV at the German Confederation.
Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009
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He was expelled in 1845 at the express request of King Frederick William IV of Prussia.
Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009
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This portrait was made at the time of the ill-fated Frankfurt Parliament, which he served as vice-president and primary author of the Constitution for a united Germany presented to Prussian King Frederick William IV.
Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009
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In an effort to avoid revolution, Frederick William IV promised to call the Prussian Landtag at intervals and revised the press law (March 8).
f. Germany 2001
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The Viennese and Hungarian crowds were cannonaded from their strongholds, and in Germany a constitutional assembly that had been bravely debating the question of republicanism broke down into factional bickering and then ignominiously offered the country to Frederick William IV of Prussia.
The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999
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The Viennese and Hungarian crowds were cannonaded from their strongholds, and in Germany a constitutional assembly that had been bravely debating the question of republicanism broke down into factional bickering and then ignominiously offered the country to Frederick William IV of Prussia.
The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999
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King Frederick William IV of Prussia was so delighted that he ordered the Gold Medal of Science and the Arts struck in his honor.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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King Frederick William IV of Prussia was so delighted that he ordered the Gold Medal of Science and the Arts struck in his honor.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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King Frederick William IV of Prussia was so delighted that he ordered the Gold Medal of Science and the Arts struck in his honor.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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