Clemenceau

[ klem-uhn-soh; French kle-mahn-soh ]

noun

1. Georges Eu·gène Ben·ja·min [jawrj yoo-, jeen, , ben, -j, uh, -min, yoo, -jeen, zhawrzh , œ, -, zhen, ba, n, -zh, a, -, man], the Tiger, 1841–1929, French statesman, journalist, and editor: premier 1906–09, 1917–20.

Clemenceau

/ klemɑ̃so /

noun

1. ClemenceauGeorges Eugène Benjamin18411929MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Georges Eugène Benjamin (ʒɔrʒ œʒɛn bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃). 1841–1929, French statesman; prime minister of France (1906–09; 1917–20); negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (1919)

Example Sentences

Reduced to the simplest terms, that is the substance of Clemenceau's appeal.

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M. Clemenceau sat with Signor Orlando in the more central chairs of a semicircle of four in front of the fire, says Keynes.

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As a speaker he was rather copious and lacking in spice of the Clemenceau quality.

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The fall of the year 1906 was marked by the creation of a new cabinet of which M. Georges Clemenceau was Premier.

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Georges Clemenceau has been a rabid foe to Religion and to the Church from the very beginning of his political career.

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