Baudouin I

[ French boh-dwan ]

noun

1. 1930–93, king of the Belgians 1951–93.

Baudouin I

/ bodwɛ̃ /

noun

1. Baudouin I19301993MBelgianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1930–93, king of Belgium (1951–93)

Example Sentences

A second grader, Tyreek Baudouin — “I’m 7, but I’ll be 8 in two days” — strode to the street at 2:30 p.m. with his father and brother, his new glasses in a black frame.

From New York Times

Some, like Pericles and George S. Patton, were military commanders; others, like Ronald Reagan and King Baudouin I of Belgium, national rulers; and still others, like Socrates and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., philosophical leaders.

From New York Times

He was even, he admits, a rabid republican as a teenager, wanting to dump the Belgian monarchy, but he had a strong relationship with King Baudouin I and now with King Albert II, “so I left my republican ideas a long time ago.”

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Last week, strong national feelings about the princess were jeopardizing the prestige of Leopold's son, 22-year-old King Baudouin I. As sickly in mien as he is diffident in manner, Baudouin as a child never had much fun until the Princess de R�thy became his maman.

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