Waldheim

American  

[wawld-hahym, vahlt-hahym] / ˈwɔldˌhaɪm, ˈvɑltˌhaɪm /

noun

1. Kurt 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.

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Waldheim British  

/ ˈvalthaim /

noun

1. Kurt (kʊrt). 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat; secretary-general of the United Nations (1972–81); president of Austria (1986–92)

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Example Sentences

Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim in 1978, and is widely credited for leading the African nation to independence under his mandate as the head of U.N. peacekeeping forces there in the late 1980s.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Unlike his predecessor, Kurt Waldheim, who was regarded as a “workaholic” and who spent long hours in his office, Pérez de Cuéllar liked to get away from it all.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

Unlike his predecessor, Kurt Waldheim who was regarded as a “workaholic” and who spent long hours in his office, Perez de Cuellar liked to get away from it all.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2020

That’s the question lying at the heart of the Austrian documentarian Ruth Beckermann’s informative and unnerving “The Waldheim Waltz.”

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018

This interview with Waldheim was the first step in the carrying out of his scheme; the first, and by no means the easiest,--he dreaded it.

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph