Hussein

[hoo-seyn]

noun

1. Also Hosein; Husain al-Husayn, a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.

2. Saddam at-Takriti, 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.

Hussein

/ hʊˈseɪn /

noun

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

2. 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

Example Sentences

Its maiden voyage was to the Persian Gulf in 2003 for the invasion that ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

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The neoconservatives of George W. Bush’s administration had hoped to spread democracy by overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

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The court heard images of the Manchester Jewish Museum were found on Mr Hussein's phone, one of the outside of the building and one of the interior.

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Mr Sandhu's address to the jury was then interrupted by an outburst from Mr Hussein who repeatedly shouted an obscenity denying it.

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Nour says she and her brothers and sisters had to leave because of their family's ties to Saddam Hussein's deposed regime.

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