Delcassé

[ del-ka-sey ]

noun

1. Thé·o·phile [tey-aw-, feel], 1852–1923, French statesman.

Example Sentences

The distressing congress at Algeçiras could not change this in any way, still less the fall of M. Delcassé.

From Project Gutenberg

The roll call of great French diplomats goes on into this century, with Theophile Delcasse, a small frowning man in a black alpaca coat who burned with an inner flame of patriotism and was the architect of the famous Entente Cordiale, the triple alliance between France, Britain and Czarist Russia that was supposed to halt further German expansion.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Germans may demand my resignation as they did Delcassé's.'

From Time Magazine Archive

During a discussion on the Navy, Clemenceau and Delcassé had an altercation as to their relative responsibilities for the French surrender to Germany in 1905 when Delcassé was driven from the Rouvier Ministry.

From Project Gutenberg

The Chamber sided with Delcassé and Clemenceau discovered that his sarcasm had overreached itself.

From Project Gutenberg