Verwoerd

[ fuhr-voort ]

noun
  1. 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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Verwoerd

/ (fəˈvʊt, fɛəˈvʊət) /


noun
  1. 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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