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Gambetta

[ gam-bet-uh; French gahn-be-ta ]
/ gæmˈbɛt ə; French gɑ̃ bɛˈta /

noun

Lé·on [ley-awn], /leɪˈɔ̃/, 1838–82, French statesman.

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Gambetta
/ (ɡæmˈbɛtə, French ɡɑ̃bɛta) /

noun

Léon (leɔ̃). 1838–82, French statesman; prime minister (1881–82). He organized resistance during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) and was a founder of the Third Republic (1871)
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