Botha

American  

[boh-tuh] / ˈboʊ tə /

noun

1. Louis 1862–1919, South African general and statesman.

2. Pieter Willem 1916–2006, South African political leader: prime minister 1978–84; state president 1984–89.

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Botha British  

/ ˈbəʊtə /

noun

1. Louis . 1862–1919, South African statesman and general; first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19)

2. P ( ieter ) W ( illem ). 1916–2006, South African politician; defence minister (1965–78); prime minister (1978–84); state president (1984–89)

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Example Sentences

Michael Moritz, Doug Leone and Roelof Botha helped launch the fund, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

BOTHA: I have to agree with Dr. Robinson.

From Literature

BOTHA: Unfortunately, there’s no way for us to know what is or is not for the global good until someone actually teleports, which could, theoretically, destroy life as we know it.

From Literature

ROBINSON: Dr. Botha is exactly right.

From Literature

Here to discuss the varied points of view are Dr. Maria Sabio, lead spatial teleportation scientist and head engineer of the STM project at the University of Delaware; Dr. Eliot Jameson, epidemiologist with Johns Hopkins University; and Drs. Case Robinson, Anna Botha, and Dola Adebayo, physicists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and Caltech, respectively.

From Literature