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Páez

[ pah-es ]

noun

  1. Jo·sé An·to·nio [haw-, se, ahn-, taw, -nyaw], 1790–1873, Venezuelan revolutionary and political leader: president 1831–35, 1839–43; dictator 1861–63.


Páez

/ ˈpɑes /

noun

  1. PáezJosé Antonio17901873MVenezuelanPOLITICS: revolutionary leaderPOLITICS: head of state José Antonio (xoˈse anˈtonjo). 1790–1873, Venezuelan revolutionary leader; first president (1831–46) of independent Venezuela
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Bolivar, leaving the army in command of General Paez, repaired to Angostura.

The Spaniards retreated in a panic, and Paez and his fellow-prisoners effected their escape.

Paez himself was a magnificent horseman, and wielded the lance, the characteristic weapon of the Llaneros, to perfection.

When Paez considered that he had drawn these sufficiently far from their camp, he turned upon them and cut them up in detail.

On one occasion, when accompanied by very few of his own troops, Paez rode up to a powerful body of Royalist cavalry.

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