Malan

[ mah-lahn ]

/ mɑˈlɑn /

noun

Daniel Fran·çois

[frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/,1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.

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Example sentences from the Web for malan

By Malan, and the National Party, and Verwoerd, and Botha, and all the people who locked him up for nearly 30 years.
The Meaning of Mandela|Joshua DuBois|June 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet at the time Malan wrote his early essays, such charges were incendiary in South Africa.
‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’: Rian Malan’s South Africa Reviewed|Katie Baker|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Lem Marks talked for some minutes, and once Malan pointed with the axe.
Dwellers in the Hills|Melville Davisson Post
Malan said that the light was in his eyes, and Woodford shifted the lantern until the men's faces were in the dark.
Dwellers in the Hills|Melville Davisson Post

Malan's men had already sought shelter in the same natural fortress.
The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle
The huge barrier of the Malan range, abutting direct on the sea, stopped 162 his way.
The Gates of India|Thomas Holdich
Jud was perhaps four inches taller, but Malan was heavier by at least twenty pounds.
Dwellers in the Hills|Melville Davisson Post

British Dictionary definitions for malan

Malan

/ (mɑːˈlɑːn) /

noun

Daniel F (rançois). 1874–1959, South African statesman; prime minister (1948–54). He passed legislation to introduce apartheid

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