Dulles

American  

[duhl-uhs] / ˈdʌl əs /

noun

1. Allen Welsh, 1893–1969, U.S. public official: CIA director 1953–61.

2. John Foster, 1888–1959, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1953–59.

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Dulles British  

/ ˈdʌlɪs /

noun

1. John Foster. 1888–1959, US statesman and lawyer; secretary of state (1953–59)

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Example Sentences

President Dwight Eisenhower’s secretary of state John Foster Dulles urged Eastern European nations in the mid-1950s to rise up against Soviet occupation by announcing a policy of “liberation” and “rollback” of communism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Marsh, a university professor, couldn’t have pulled that off when she lived in Baltimore and flew out of BWI and Washington Dulles.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first prisoners boarded a half-dozen Mexican military planes on Feb. 27, headed to Chicago, Phoenix, San Antonio, New York and Dulles International Airport in Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It would be impossible, if things should go wrong, for the Soviets to come in possession of the equipment intact,” CIA Director Allen Dulles had promised the president.

From Literature

On Monday, the first group of 59 Afrikaners granted refugee status arrived at the Dulles airport near Washington DC after choosing to leave their home country.

From BBC