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Tiso

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[tee-soh] / ˈti soʊ /

noun

  1. Josef 1887–1947, Slovak Roman Catholic clergyman and politician.


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Tiso led the clero-fascist Slovak State, a client state of Nazi Germany, between 1939 and 1945.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2022

Slovakia was led during World War II by a Catholic priest and president, Jozef Tiso, who oversaw some of the harshest anti-Jewish laws in Europe.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

“Millions of seniors who are homeowners have lots of savings in the house, but not outside,” founder and CEO Fabrizio Tiso explained to me.

From Slate • May 29, 2018

The party has described Slovakia’s leader at the time, Jozef Tiso, as a heroic defender of national sovereignty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2016

When his ward reached womanhood, Spinabello cast about him to find a suitable husband for her, and it appeared to him that a match with the son of Tiso du Camposampiero promised the greatest advantages.

From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean