Mitterrand

[ meetuh-rahn; English mee-tuh-rahn, -rand, mit-uh- ]

noun

1. Fran·çois (Mau·rice Ma·rie) [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, maw-, rees, m, a, -, ree], 1916–96, French political leader: president 1981–95.

Mitterrand

/ mitɛrɑ̃ /

noun

1. MitterrandFrançois Maurice Marie19161996MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state François Maurice Marie (frɑ̃swa mɔris mari). 1916–96, French statesman; first secretary of the socialist party (1971–95); president (1981–95)

Example Sentences

Even François Mitterrand, who became French president during the 1980s, had a collaborationist past.

From Salon

Or the miss may be phonetic, as the names of France’s current president, Emmanuel Macron, and former President Francois Mitterrand both begin with “M.”

From Seattle Times

Mr. Badinter was particularly close to Mr. Mitterrand, and worked with him on the refashioning of the Socialist Party as a center-left movement that abandoned the wholesale nationalization of industries.

From New York Times

If you asked Donald Trump who François Mitterrand was, he would look at you like, ‘What are you talking about?’

From New York Times

In 1981-84, he served as France’s finance minister under President Francois Mitterrand before Mitterrand and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl tapped him to run the EU’s executive branch.

From Seattle Times