English Explanatory Dictionary

Opium War

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The First Opium War or the Second Opium War, two Anglo-Chinese wars relating to opium trade in the mid-19th century.

Word forms

Opium War Opium Wars

Etymology

opium + war. From being a military conflict over the drug opium.

Related words

First Opium War opium Opium Wars Second Opium War war
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