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What does it mean if someone says "don't be so Prussian"?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It means don't be so disciplined, militaristic or rigid in your thinking. Prussia, a province of Germany, was famous in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries for its army and its very rigid military discipline.