Perón

[puh-rohn, pe-rawn]

noun

1. Eva Duarte de 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).

2. Juan (Domingo) 1895–1974, Argentine military and political leader: president 1946–55, 1973–74.

Perón

/ peˈrɔn /

noun

1. Juan Domingo (xwan doˈmɪnɡo). 1895–1974, Argentine soldier and statesman; dictator (1946–55). He was deposed in 1955, remaining in exile until 1973, when he was elected president (1973–74)

2. his third wife, María Estella (maˈria esˈteʎa), known as Isabel. born 1931, president of Argentina (1974–76); deposed

3. ( María ) Eva ( Duarte ) de Perón (ˈeβa), known as Evita. Second wife of Juan Domingo Perón. 1919–52, Argentine film actress: active in politics and social welfare (1946–52)

Other Word Forms

• Peronist noun

Example Sentences

Her latest trial comes as her ailing Peronist movement -- named after iconic post-war leader Juan Peron -- reels from its stinging defeat at the hands of budget-slashing President Javier Milei's party in last month's midterm elections.

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President Néstor Kirchner of the Peronist party, a left-wing movement founded by strongman leader Juan Perón, later raised export taxes to finance increased spending, claiming this would also hold down families’ food bills by diverting sales from foreign to domestic markets, said Pablo Guidotti, an economist at Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires.

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The Argentine poor whom Eva Perón lionized as the country’s heart and soul largely stayed home in a stinging rebuke to the Peronist movement that has dominated politics here for 80 years.

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In power for much of the past two decades, the opposition Peronists—a left-wing movement descended from post-World War II leader Juan and Eva Peron—seem to be losing its hold over one of Latin America’s biggest economies.

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The party, founded by Juan and Eva Perón in the 1940s and long associated with Argentina’s welfare state, remains a formidable force but failed to mobilize disenchanted voters as inflation eased from its historic highs.

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