Malan

[ mah-lahn ]

noun

1. Daniel Fran·çois [frahn-, swah], 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.

Malan

/ mɑːˈlɑːn /

noun

1. MalanDaniel F(rançois)18741959MSouth AfricanPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Daniel F ( rançois ). 1874–1959, South African statesman; prime minister (1948–54). He passed legislation to introduce apartheid

Example Sentences

But as South African journalist Rian Malan, one of those doomsayers, points out, it was Mandela who prevented such an outcome.

From The Daily Beast

By Malan, and the National Party, and Verwoerd, and Botha, and all the people who locked him up for nearly 30 years.

From The Daily Beast

Yet at the time Malan wrote his early essays, such charges were incendiary in South Africa.

From The Daily Beast

The huge barrier of the Malan range, abutting direct on the sea, stopped 162 his way.

From Project Gutenberg

It was his first chance of turning the Malan block, and it led most directly westwards with a trend towards the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

He followed up the Hingol till he could turn the Malan by an available pass westward.

From Project Gutenberg

These questions preyed on Hansie's mind, until she obtained permission from her mother to visit Mr. Jannie's sister, Mrs. Malan.

From Project Gutenberg

From the bosom of her dress Miss Malan produced the dispatches and a number of private letters.

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