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Verwoerd

[ fuhr-voort ]
/ fərˈvurt /
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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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Words nearby Verwoerd

Verulamium, vervain, verve, vervelle, vervet, Verwoerd, very, very high frequency, Very Large Array, very large crude carrier, very large scale integration
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  • By Malan, and the National Party, and Verwoerd, and Botha, and all the people who locked him up for nearly 30 years.

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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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