Hussein

[ hoo-seyn ]

/ hʊˈseɪn /

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noun

Also Ho·sein; Hu·sain

[hoo-sahyn, ‐seyn] /hʊˈsaɪn, ‐ˈseɪn/ al-Husayn, a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.

Sad·dam

[sah-dahm], /sɑˈdɑm/, at-Takriti, 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.

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How to use Hussein in a sentence

When she married, she took the name Noor al-Hussein, which translates to the “light of Hussein.”
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The problem was that Hamzah was just 18 at the time, and Hussein felt being king was too much responsibility for a teenager.
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Who cares of Barack Hussein Obama is president and gays are getting married?
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Cheney is relying on some thin evidence to tie Hussein to al-Qaida.
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The name—like Hitler or Hussein, Dahmer or Bundy—is synonymous with evil.
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Cell phone contracts were among the first business deals struck in Iraq after Saddam Hussein was driven from power.
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These days, ISIS is wired; al Qaeda is tired; and Saddam Hussein and Qaddafi expired.
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Hussein was also a usurer and the principal creditor of some Jewish merchants who had a claim against France.
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As France had been the principal sufferer from Hussein's pirates, it was not likely that the king would notice this demand.
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The claim was in litigation, and Hussein, becoming impatient, demanded payment from the French king.
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Hussein Effendi would probably supply the last missing segments.
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One obvious tactical objective was to eliminate Saddam Hussein's command and control.
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British Dictionary definitions for Hussein

Hussein

/ (hʊˈseɪn) /

noun

Also: Husain 1935–99, king of Jordan (1952–99)

Saddam (sæˈdæm). 1937–2006, Iraqi politician: president (1979–2003) and prime minister (1994–2003) of Iraq. He led Iraq into the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and the Gulf War (1991) but was deposed and captured in the US-led invasion of 2003; executed 2006

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