Bustamante

[ boos-tuh-mahn-tey; Spanish boos-tah-mahn-te ]

noun

1. A·nas·ta·sio [ah-nahs-, tah, -syaw], 1780–1853, Mexican military and political leader: president 1830–32, 1837–41.
2. Sir (William) Alexander, 1884–1977, Jamaican political leader: prime minister 1962–67.

Example Sentences

Gavin's not going to have an Arnold, and he's not going to have a Bustamante.

From Washington Post

Father Bustamante breathed his last before daylight; my uncle took to his bed, and never rose more.

From Project Gutenberg

Father Bustamante was an aged priest, who had been particularly kind to my uncle on his first arrival in Malaga.

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In 1718 Governor Bustamante reoccupied Zamboanga for the purpose of waging war against piracy.

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Bustamante immediately took steps to re-organize the government and to place the finances of the colony on a sound footing.

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At the end of six months the efforts of Bustamante had netted a sum of 293,000 pesos to the royal treasury.

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