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Clemenceau

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

noun

  1. Georges Eu·gène Ben·ja·min [jawrj yoo-, jeen, , ben, -j, uh, -min, yoo, -jeen, zhawrzh , œ, -, zhen, ba, n, -zh, a, -, man], the Tiger, 1841–1929, French statesman, journalist, and editor: premier 1906–09, 1917–20.


Clemenceau

/ klemɑ̃so /

noun

  1. ClemenceauGeorges Eugène Benjamin18411929MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Georges Eugène Benjamin (ʒɔrʒ œʒɛn bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃). 1841–1929, French statesman; prime minister of France (1906–09; 1917–20); negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (1919)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Reduced to the simplest terms, that is the substance of Clemenceau's appeal.

M. Clemenceau sat with Signor Orlando in the more central chairs of a semicircle of four in front of the fire, says Keynes.

As a speaker he was rather copious and lacking in spice of the Clemenceau quality.

The fall of the year 1906 was marked by the creation of a new cabinet of which M. Georges Clemenceau was Premier.

Georges Clemenceau has been a rabid foe to Religion and to the Church from the very beginning of his political career.

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clematisClemenceau, Georges