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Paderewski
[ Polish pah-de-ref-ski; English pad-uh-ref-skee, -rev- ]
noun
- I·gnace [ee-, nyas] or Ig·na·cy Jan [ig-, nah, -tsi yahn], 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, patriot, and statesman.
Paderewski
/ padɛˈrɛfski /
noun
- PaderewskiIgnace Jan18601941MPolishMUSIC: pianistMUSIC: composerPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Ignace Jan (iɲas jan). 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, and statesman; prime minister (1919)
Example Sentences
The groups received the grants from the so-called Patriot Fund run by the Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski Institute for the Heritage of National Thought which is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture.
It’s understandable that Polish pianist, patriot and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski would get a statue from his native Poland, even though he died in New York.
There were Paderewski, Houdini, Tesla, Edison, Joplin, Darrow, a Princeton professor named Woodrow Wilson, and a sweet old lady in black summer silk flowered with forget-me-not-blue named Susan B. Anthony.
During the intermission, we walked across the parquet floor of a high-ceilinged reception hall, stopping to admire busts of Chopin and Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a prominent composer and politician.
The hot spring is Paso’s claim to fame, believed to possess healing powers; famed pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski swore these mystical waters cured his arthritic hands.
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