Clemenceau

[ klem-uhn-soh; French kle-mahn-soh ]

/ ˌklɛm ənˈsoʊ; French klɛ mɑ̃ˈsoʊ /

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noun

Georges Eu·gène Ben·ja·min

[jawrj yoo-jeen-ben-juh-min, yoo-jeen; French zhawrzhœ-zhenban-zha-man], /dʒɔrdʒ yuˈdʒin ˈbɛn dʒə mɪn, ˈyu dʒin; French ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/, "the Tiger", 1841–1929, French statesman, journalist, and editor: premier 1906–09, 1917–20.

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How to use Clemenceau in a sentence

Reduced to the simplest terms, that is the substance of Clemenceau's appeal.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon|Newell Dwight Hillis
M. Clemenceau sat with Signor Orlando in the more central chairs of a semicircle of four in front of the fire, says Keynes.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells
As a speaker he was rather copious and lacking in spice of the Clemenceau quality.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells
The fall of the year 1906 was marked by the creation of a new cabinet of which M. Georges Clemenceau was Premier.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

Georges Clemenceau has been a rabid foe to Religion and to the Church from the very beginning of his political career.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for Clemenceau

Clemenceau

/ (French klemɑ̃so) /

noun

Georges Eugène Benjamin (ʒɔrʒ œʒɛn bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃). 1841–1929, French statesman; prime minister of France (1906–09; 1917–20); negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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