Sarmiento

[ sahr-myen-taw ]

noun

1. Do·min·go Faus·ti·no [daw-, meeng, -gaw fous-, tee, -naw], 1811–88, Argentine writer, educator, and political leader: president 1868–74.
2. General Sarmiento.

Example Sentences

At that place Sarmiento had founded the colony of Philippeville in 1581.

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They have no trouble in making their course, as the sky is clear, and Sarmiento—an all-sufficient guide-post—always visible.

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But Sarmiento, the Spanish ambassador, had the exact measure of James.

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Sarmiento constantly urged that the islands and continent that he was in search of were more to the south.

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However, no land being sighted after many days, Mendana became alarmed and requested Sarmiento to resume charge of the navigation.

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