Pretorius

[ pri-tawr-ee-uh s, -tohr-; Dutch prey-toh-ree-oo s ]

/ prɪˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-; Dutch preɪˈtoʊ riˌʊs /

noun

An·dries Wil·hel·mus Ja·co·bus

[ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/, 1799–1853, and his son Mar·thi·nus Wes·sels

[mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/, 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.

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Examples from the Web for pretorius

Pretorius and his burghers met the Zulu forces at a river then unnamed.
Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray
Pretorius had declared that the Transvaal had no boundary on the west, unless it were the Atlantic Ocean.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 8 (of 8)|Various
The Boers, four hundred in number, were sent by the late Mr. Pretorius to attack the Bakwains in 1852.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
Pretorius, the rebel Boer, will not allow travellers to pass through his settlements to explore the locality.
Jasper Lyle|Harriet Ward

This conduct on the part of the new Government under Mr. Pretorius appears to me distinctly adroit.
The Transvaal from Within|J. P. Fitzpatrick

British Dictionary definitions for pretorius

Pretorius

/ (prɪˈtɔːrɪəs) /

noun

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus (ˈɑndriːs wɪlˈhɛlmys jaːˈkoːbys). 1799–1853, a Boer leader in the Great Trek (1838) to escape British sovereignty; he also led an expedition to the Transvaal (1848). The town Pretoria was named after him

his son, Marthinus Wessels (marˈtiːnys ˈwɛsəls). 1819–1901, first president of the South African Republic (1857–71) and of the Orange Free State (1859–63)

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