Briand

[ bree-ahnd; French bree-ahn ]

/ briˈɑnd; French briˈɑ̃ /

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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Examples from the Web for briand

From that time, Briand became one of the leaders of the French Socialist party.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Briand called out the reserves (militia), and nearly all of the strikers were compelled to put on the uniform.
Socialism and Democracy in Europe|Samuel P. Orth
One Briand, who was charged to question the prisoners summarily, asked him where his clothes came from.
Paris under the Commune|John Leighton
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

But toward Briand, the chauffeur, the new arrivals were less easily satisfied.
Somewhere in France|Richard Harding Davis

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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