Roxas

[ roh-hahs; Spanish raw-hahs ]

noun

1. Ma·nuel [mah-, nwel], 1892–1948, Philippine statesman: 1st president of the Philippines 1946–48.

Example Sentences

Roxas was to be of our party, so we drove to his brother, the Marquis of Villanuevas, to take him up.

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Then turning to Roxas, said loud enough for me to hear him, He is very young; does he understand what I say to him?

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This declaration was not communicated to the archbishop, because the work was composed by Fray Dominic de Roxas.

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Now is the time to elect, in the successor of Sandoval y Roxas, one pledged to the favourite's ruin.

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