the Great War
noun/ðə ˌɡreɪt ˈwɔː(r)/
/ðə ˌɡreɪt ˈwɔːr/
[singular] (old-fashioned)- the First World War (= the war that was fought mainly in Europe between 1914 and 1918)
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