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Diefenbaker
[ dee-fuhn-bey-ker ]
noun
- John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
Diefenbaker
/ ˈdiːfənˌbeɪkə /
noun
- DiefenbakerJohn George18951979MCanadianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister John George. 1895–1979, Canadian Conservative statesman; prime minister of Canada (1957–63)
Example Sentences
The Writers’ Trust of Canada said Newman’s 1963 book “Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years” about former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had “revolutionized Canadian political reporting with its controversial ‘insiders-tell-all’ approach.”
Diefenbaker acknowledged the bunker’s purpose after the aerial photograph appeared and vowed that he would never visit it and would stay home with his wife if the bombers and missiles came.
But it came to be known as the Diefenbunker after John Diefenbaker, the prime minister who commissioned it, more as a form of mockery than in his honor.
But it came to be known as the Diefenbunker after John Diefenbaker, the prime minister who commissioned it, more as a form of mockery than in his honor.
Mr. Diefenbaker acknowledged the bunker’s purpose after the aerial photograph appeared and vowed that he would never visit it and would stay home with his wife if the bombers and missiles came.
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