Alarcón

American  

[ah-lahr-kawn] / ˌɑ lɑrˈkɔn /

noun

1. Pedro Antonio Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza, 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.

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Alarcón British  

/ alarˈkon /

noun

1. Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)

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Example Sentences

Benigno Alarcón, a political analyst at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, says Maduro's plan for the militia is not for it to engage in battle but rather to act as a "human shield".

From BBC

Prof Alarcón argues that by calling up civilians, the Maduro government wants to increase the human cost any potential US military action would incur by making the possibility of human casualties much higher.

From BBC

According to Prof Alarcón, it therefore does not matter if the militia are not well trained or even if they are unarmed.

From BBC

The 51-year-old man, named by Ukrainian and Spanish sources as Andriy Portnov, had just dropped his children off at the school in the Pozuelo de Alarcón area of the city, reports say.

From BBC

Former Democratic state Sen. Richard Alarcon was a member of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times