Mendès-France
[ men-dis-frans, -frahns; French mahn-des-frahns ]
/ ˈmɛn dɪsˈfræns, -ˈfrɑns; French mɑ̃ dɛsˈfrɑ̃s /
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noun
Pierre [pyer], /pyɛr/, 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
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Mendès-France
/ (French mɛ̃dɛsfrɑ̃s) /
noun
Pierre (pjɛr). 1907–82, French statesman; prime minister (1954–55). He concluded the war in Indochina and granted independence to Tunisia
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