Espartero

[ es-pahr-te-raw ]

noun

1. Bal·do·me·ro [bahl-daw-, me, -, r, aw], Count of Lu·cha·na [loo-, chah, -nah], 1792–1879, Spanish general and statesman.

Example Sentences

Jose Espartero, the Irish low-cost company's sales and marketing director in Spain, said Wednesday that Ryanair would begin three weekly flights from London's Stansted airport to Castellon and two from the English city of Bristol in September.

From US News

When Espartero bombarded Seville in 1843, the people believed that Giralda was encompassed by angels led by these sisters, who turned aside the bombs.

From Project Gutenberg

The government was consistent only in its instability, having now a Queen Regent, now an Espartero, banishments, executions, riots, barricades, revolts,—it seemed indeed as if Spain were sown with Cadmus teeth.

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We had already passed through Vergara, where, in 1839, Espartero ended the first Carlist war by a treaty which compelled the Basques to lay down their arms.

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The reign of Espartero was, for the time at least, at an end.

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