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Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja

American  
[pree-moh dey ri-vair-uh ee awr-buh-ney-hah, pree-maw the ree-ve-rah ee awr-bah-ne-hah] / ˈpri moʊ deɪ rɪˈvɛər ə i ˌɔr bəˈneɪ hɑ, ˈpri mɔ ðɛ riˈḇɛ rɑ i ˌɔr bɑˈnɛ hɑ /

noun

  1. Miguel 1870–1930, Spanish general and dictator 1923–30.


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There was a short yacht race; the Queen trounced the King, and the infantes Gonzalo and Jaime finished in the rear; General Don Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Marques de Estella, Duque de Ajdur and Dictator of Spain, a spectator, laughed softly on the deck of another ship.

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Don Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Marqu�s de Estella, pale and paunchy exiled Dictator of Spain, sat in his bedroom in the Hotel du Pont Royal in Paris last week writing letters.

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At his side was Lieutenant General Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, Marquis de Estella, Grandee of Spain, Dictator under the ample title of President of the Council.

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