Aristide

[ ar-uh-steed; French a-ree-steed ]

noun

1. Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.

Example Sentences

U.S. and Canadian peacekeepers were deploying to train Haitian security forces for the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

From The Daily Beast

Hold elections that will remove the troublesome Aristide from the National Palace.

From The Daily Beast

The U.S. under Bill Clinton (“He is my twin,” Aristide told me in 1993) put Aristide back in power.

From The Daily Beast

Aristide returned to power, and left peacefully when his term expired two years later.

From The Daily Beast

There was, of course, much pressure exerted on them by France, which had found Aristide's demand politically disconcerting.

From The Daily Beast

Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.

From Project Gutenberg

Aristide replaced the baby, and with a complicated arrangement of string fastened it securely to the seat.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a time when Aristide Pujol, in sole charge of an automobile, went gaily scuttering over the roads of France.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes the child lay so still that Aristide arose to see whether he was alive.

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The night passed amid various excursions on the part of Aristide and alarms on the part of Jean.

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