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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 declared its independence from Czechoslovakia on March 14, 1939 and became a Nazi puppet state with a politician and Roman Catholic priest Jozef Tiso becoming the country’s president.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2021

Tiso wouldn’t tell me how many houses the company has acquired, though since Irene just got its seed funding a few months ago, it’s safe to assume that number is low.

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

There was a nobleman called Count Tiso, who had a beautiful estate not far from Padua, a city St. Antony loved very much.

From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth) Barclay

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