Briand

[ bree-ahnd; French bree-ahn ]

/ briˈɑnd; French briˈɑ̃ /

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noun

A·ri·stide

[ar-uh-steed; French a-ree-steed], /ˈær əˌstid; French a riˈstid/, 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.

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How to use Briand in a sentence

Indeed, one can hardly restrain his tears as he reads the sorrowful complaints of Combes, Briand, Clemenceau and the others.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
While M. Combes would cast the blame on the liquidators, M. Briand fixed it on the method of liquidation.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
But the versatile Briand with a sympathetic "Bloc" has already thrown dust into eyes of the French people.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
All of which admissions the versatile Briand proceeded to falsify almost in the same speech.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

Briand and Viviani, themselves future ministers, persuaded the majority not to go so far.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Briand

Briand

/ (French briɑ̃) /

noun

Aristide (aristid). 1862–1932, French socialist statesman: prime minister of France 11 times. He was responsible for the separation of Church and State (1905) and he advocated a United States of Europe. Nobel peace prize 1926

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