Abd-el Krim
noun
1881?–1963, Moroccan chief: leader of the Riff revolts 1921, 1924.
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Abd-el-Krim
Abd-el-Krimnoun1882–1963, Moroccan chief who led revolts against Spain and France, surrendered before their combined forces in 1926, but later formed the North African independence movement
Abd-el Krim
American
[ahb-del kreem, krim]
/ ˌɑb dɛl ˈkrim, ˈkrɪm /
noun
Abd-el-Krim
British
/ ˌæbdʊlˈkrɪm /
noun
Example Sentences
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It was Giraud who finally captured the Riff bandit, Abd-el-Krim.
From Time Magazine Archive
His enemies frankly hint that Abd-el-Krim had nearly blasted the rich protectorate of Lyautey, root and branch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again and again, the tribes under Abd-el-Krim surrounded these small forts, with the result that the French had to undertake a series of expensive attacks in order to relieve them.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am naturally afraid," admitted Mr. Malvy, "that Abd-el-Krim has become very difficult to satisfy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Or one of the classic examples is Abd-el-Krim destroying two different Spanish armies in the Moroccan Rif in the 1920s.
From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Mack Reynolds
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