Verwoerd

[ fuh r-voort ]

/ fərˈvurt /

noun

Hen·drik Frensch

[hen-drik frens] /ˈhɛn drɪk frɛns/, 1901–66, South African political leader, born in the Netherlands: prime minister 1958–66.

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British Dictionary definitions for verwoerd

Verwoerd

/ (fəˈvʊt, fɛəˈvʊət) /

noun

Hendrik Frensch (ˈhɛndrɪk frɛns). 1901–66, South African statesman, born in the Netherlands: prime minister of South Africa (1958–66) and the principal architect of the apartheid system: assassinated

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