Somoza

[ saw-maw-sah; English suh-moh-zuh, -moh-suh ]

noun

1. A·nas·ta·sio [ah-nahs-, tah, -syaw], Anastasio Somoza García, 1896–1956, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1937–47, 1950–56 (father of Anastasio and Luis Somoza Debayle).

Example Sentences

It was regarded as so deeply onerous that the dictator Anastasio “Tachito” Somoza abolished it in 1970.

From The Daily Beast

He was also buddies with Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza.

From The Daily Beast