- chan·cel·lor /ˈCHans(ə)lər/ n.
- a senior state or legal official.
- the head of the government in some European countries, such as Germany.
- coun·ter·rev·o·lu·tion /kounˈtər-revəˈlo͞oSHən/
- a movement to oppose revolutionary tendencies and developments.
- a revolution whose aim is the deposition and reversal of a political or social system set up by a previous revolution.
- kai·ser /ˈkīzər/ n.
- any of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire (962-1806), of Austria (1806-1918), or of Germany (1871-1918).
- used as the title for such a man.
- reich /rīk/ n.
- The former German state, most often used to refer to the Third Reich, the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945. The First Reich was considered to be the Holy Roman Empire, 962–1806, and the Second Reich the German Empire, 1871–1918, but neither of these terms are part of normal historical terminology.
- reichs·tag /ˈrīksˌtäg/ n.
- the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- rev·o·lu·tion /ˌrevəˈlo͞oSHən/ n.
- a forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system.
- (in Marxism) the class struggle that is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism.
- wei·mar re·pub·lic /vī'mă(r) rĭpŭ'blĭk/ n.
- The German republic of 1919–33, so called because its constitution was drawn up at Weimar. It was overthrown by the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler.
- wil·hel·mine /vil′hel mēn′, wil′-; -mīn′/ n.
- Wilhelmine is a term for the period of German history, also known as the German Empire. The term Wilhelmine Germany refers to the period running from the proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Kaiser at Versailles in 1871 to the abdication of his grandson Wilhelm II in 1918.
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