English Explanatory Dictionary

long nineteenth century

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The period from 1789 to 1914, beginning with the French Revolution and ending with the start of World War I.

Word forms

long nineteenth century long 19th century

Etymology

Introduced by the British historian Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012).

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