Marcos

[ mahr-kohs ]

noun

1. Ferdinand E(d·ra·lin) [ed, -r, uh, -lin], 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.

Marcos

/ ˈmɑːkɒs /

noun

1. MarcosFerdinand (Edralin)19171989MFilipinoPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Ferdinand ( Edralin ). 1917–89, Filipino statesman; president of the Philippines from 1965; deposed and exiled in 1986
2. MarcosImelda (Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez )1929FFilipinoPOLITICS: politician his wife, Imelda ( Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez ). born 1929, Filipino politician; governor of Manila (1976–86); notorious for her profligacy as first lady

Example Sentences

On the eve of Yoki’s sale to General Mills, which would have netted Marcos untold additional riches, he vanished, with Elize reporting his disappearance to authorities.

From The Daily Beast

His mother Corazon succeeded Marcos and became Asia’s first female president that same year.

From Quartz

Marcos’s brother, Manuel Guara, said it did not occur to him that his brother’s building was the one that collapsed until his wife realized the addresses matched.

From Washington Post

Betsy Gonzalez rushed to a hospital Thursday morning, trying to find her niece Anaely Guara, 41, Guara’s husband, Marcos, 55, and the couple’s daughters, ages 4 and 11.

From Washington Post

Corazon Aquino became president after Marcos was ousted in the Philippines’ 1986 “people power” revolt, which followed a snap election in which Marcos had claimed victory thanks to widespread fraud.

From Washington Post

For a while he mines a topical vein: Imelda Marcos, the S&L crisis, AIDS.

From The Daily Beast

Eventually, in the early hours of Thursday, fewer than twenty MARCOS out of a team of 1000 arrived.

From The Daily Beast

On March 15, 2012, the last day of voting, San Marcos officials noticed some bizarre patterns.

From The Daily Beast

Matthew Weaver wanted the Cal State San Marcos student president title.

From The Daily Beast

Administrators at Cal State San Marcos declined to comment for this article.

From The Daily Beast

Fray Marcos returned soon from Zuñi to Mexico, on account of his physical infirmities.

From Project Gutenberg

But Don Marcos had known the view for years, and at once detected the unfamiliar detail.

From Project Gutenberg

Don Marcos had a vague idea that the young Spaniard had been a consul somewhere for a short time.

From Project Gutenberg

Don Marcos could never quite understand what that meant, but nevertheless it increased his esteem for Castro.

From Project Gutenberg

The quick ear of Don Marcos distinguished a sound of footsteps on the floor above.

From Project Gutenberg