Beneš

American  

[be-nesh] / ˈbɛ nɛʃ /

noun

1. Eduard 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.

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Beneš British  

/ ˈbɛnɛʃ /

noun

1. Eduard (ˈeːduart). 1884–1948, Czech statesman; president of Czechoslovakia (1935–38; 1946–48) and of its government in exile (1939–45)

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Example Sentences

From the high-altitude perspective of postwar geopolitics, President Edvard Beneš dubbed it Czechoslovakia’s “final solution of the German question.”

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

They were Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, a philosophy professor, and his colleague and ultimate successor, Eduard Beneš, who had been one of his students at Prague.

From Time Magazine Archive

Namier, Professor Masaryk, Dr. Beneš, V. Nosek and others will be found in the weekly review of foreign politics, the New Europe, published by Messrs. Constable & Co.,

From Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Nosek, Vladimír

Up to May, 1917, it was published under the editorship of Professor Denis, and since then its editor has been Dr. Beneš.

From Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Nosek, Vladimír

First two volumes edited by E. Denis, the following by Dr. E. Beneš.

From Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Nosek, Vladimír