Smuts

American

[smœts, smuhts] / smœts, smʌts /

noun

Jan Christiaan 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.

Smuts British

/ smʌts /

noun

Jan Christiaan (jan ˈkristiˌan). 1870–1950, South African statesman; prime minister (1919–24; 1939–48). He fought for the Boers during the Boer War, then worked for Anglo-Boer reconciliation and served the Allies during World Wars I and II

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A statue of former South African prime minister Jan Smuts was graffitied with the words "trans rights are human rights".

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025

"Everyone's out here partying. I mean look at this place," tourist Jason Smuts says.

From Reuters ● Dec. 24, 2021

Ella Purnell, as the prime minister’s earnest new secretary and Richard Durden, as Field Marshal — and Churchill confidante — Jan Smuts, provide memorable support.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2017

In fact many of the restrictions were not repealed but recast sufficiently, so Smuts thought, to meet Gandhi’s satisfaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2016

Yesterday Churchill, Smuts, Eisenhower and Arnold visited the French villages that the British have captured and liberated.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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