Thiers

[tyer]

noun

1. Louis Adolphe 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.

Thiers

/ tjɛr /

noun

1. Louis Adolphe (lwi adɔlf). 1797–1877, French statesman and historian. After the Franco-Prussian war, he suppressed the Paris Commune and became first president of the Third Republic (1871–73). His policies made possible the paying off of the war indemnity exacted by Germany