Talleyrand-Périgord

[ tal-uh-rand-per-i-gawr; French ta-le-rahn-pey-ree-gawr ]

noun

1. Charles Mau·rice de [sh, a, r, l moh-, rees, d, uh], Prince de Bé·né·vent [prins, d, uh, bey-ney-, vahn], 1754–1838, French statesman.

Talleyrand-Périgord

/ talɛrɑ̃periɡɔr; ˈtælɪˌrændˈpɛrɪɡɔː /

noun

1. Talleyrand-PérigordCharles Maurice17541838MFrenchPOLITICS: statesman Charles Maurice (ʃarl mɔris). 1754–1838, French statesman; foreign minister (1797–1807; 1814–15). He secretly negotiated with the Allies against Napoleon I from 1808 and was France's representative at the Congress of Vienna (1815)