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De Wet

[ duh wet ]
/ də ˈwɛt /

noun

Chris·ti·an Ru·dolph [kris-chuh n roo-dolf, -dawlf; Dutch kris-tee-ahn ry-dolf] /ˈkrɪs tʃən ˈru dɒlf, -dɔlf; Dutch ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈrü dɒlf/,1854–1922, Boer general and politician.

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British Dictionary definitions for de wet

de Wet
/ (də ˈvɛt) /

noun

Christian Rudolf. 1854–1922, Afrikaner military commander and politician, who led the Orange Free State army in the second Boer War (1899–1902). He was imprisoned for treason (1914) after organizing an Afrikaner nationalist rebellion
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