Hussein

[ hoo-seyn ]

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noun

Also Ho·sein; Hu·sain [] al-Husayn, a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
Sad·dam [sah-, dahm], at-Takriti, 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.

Hussein

/ hʊˈseɪn /

AlsoHusain Hussein19351999MJordanianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1935–99, king of Jordan (1952–99)
HusseinSaddam19372006MIraqiPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: head of state Saddam (sæˈdæm). 1937–2006, Iraqi politician: president (1979–2003) and prime minister (1994–2003) of Iraq. He led Iraq into the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and the Gulf War (1991) but was deposed and captured in the US-led invasion of 2003; executed 2006

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