Gambetta

[ gam-bet-uh; French gahn-be-ta ]

noun

1. Lé·on [ley-, awn], 1838–82, French statesman.

Gambetta

/ ɡɑ̃bɛta; ɡæmˈbɛtə /

noun

1. GambettaLéon18381882MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Léon (leɔ̃). 1838–82, French statesman; prime minister (1881–82). He organized resistance during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) and was a founder of the Third Republic (1871)

Example Sentences

While there were no classes scheduled on Monday at the Lycee Gambetta high school, its doors were open for pupils and staff to pay tribute to teacher Dominique Bernard, who was killed by a 20-year-old man in an attack that President Emmanuel Macron condemned as "barbaric Islamic terrorism."

From Reuters

The suspect, identified by prosecutors as Mohamed M., who has been arrested, was a former student of the Lycee Gambetta high school where the attack happened, a police source said.

From Reuters

The attack at Gambetta high school in the northern city came amid rising tensions in France's sizeable Muslim and Jewish communities, due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

From BBC

The suspect, who has been arrested, is a 20-year-old former student of the Lycee Gambetta high school where the attack happened, a police source said.

From Reuters

The suspect was a former student of the Lycee Gambetta high school where the attack happened, a police source said.

From Reuters