Touré

[ French too-rey ]

/ French tuˈreɪ /

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noun

Sé·kou

[sey-koo], /ˈseɪ ku/, 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.

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tourbillon, Tourcoing, tour de force, Tour-de-France, tour d'horizon, Touré, tourelle, tour en l'air, tourer, Tourette's syndrome, Tourette syndrome

How to use Touré in a sentence

Pop culture critic—and tennis buff—Toure takes in the scene.
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Toure talks with the grunge icon about battling Trent Reznor and taming his Twitter addiction.
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But his piece outraged Daily Beast columnist Toure, who fired back with this.
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Toure on why his one-year-old son is like a tiny celebrity: frighteningly self-absorbed, all id—and frequently half-naked.
Babies! They're Just Like Stars|Touré|December 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST

Election Analysis from Tina Brown, Toure, Jessi Klein, Mark Katz and more.
Anatomy of the Big Night|The Daily Beast|November 5, 2008|DAILY BEAST
And Israell went thẽce and pitched vp his tent beyonde the toure of Eder.
The First Boke of Moses called Genesis|William Tyndale
Into that Toure wyll I goe vp, and trust to execute what you haue requyred me.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter
And that the day might not discouer hir, she woulde haue gone downe from the Toure, but she found the Ladder to be taken away.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter

British Dictionary definitions for Touré

Touré

/ (ˈtʊəreɪ) /

noun

(Ahmed) Sékou (ˈseɪkuː). 1922–84, president of the Republic of Guinea (1958–84)

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