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Bismarck¹ Definition

Bis·marck (biz′märk′)

Bismarck, Prince Otto (Eduard Leopold) von 1815-98; Prus. chancellor of the German Empire (1871-90), which he unified: called the Iron Chancellor

Bismarck² Definition

Bis·marck (biz′märk′)

capital of N.Dak., on the Missouri River: pop. 56,000

Etymology: after Prince Otto (Eduard Leopold) von Bismarck, in recognition of financial aid to the local railroad by Ger investors

Bismarck Quotes

Do you know out of what the German Empire arose? Out of dreams, songs, fantasies and black-red-gold ribbons† Bismarck merely shook the tree that fantasies had planted.

—Herzl,Theodor

   It is the lees left by Bismarck that still foul the cup.

—Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount

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