Antedating of "First World War"

[Randy Alexander]

I thought this sounded familiar. It's already mentioned in Wikipedia:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War#Names

And the footnote points to your YBQ.
On Jun 16, 2014 8:17 AM, "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

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> The OED's first use for "First World War" is dated 1918.  It seems that
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>  following citation, which I have previously posted, should be mentioned
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>  least in square brackets:
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> 1914 Ernst Haeckel in _Indianapolis Star_ 20 Sept. 37/1 (Newspaperarchive)
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>  There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared "European
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> r" ... will become the
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> first world war in the full sense of the word.
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> Fred Shapiro
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