Roxas y Acuña

/ ˈroxas i aˈkuɲa /

noun

1. Roxas y AcuñaManuel18921948MPhilippinePOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Manuel (maˈnwel). 1892–1948, Philippine statesman; first president of the Republic of the Philippines (1946–48)

Example Sentences

An armed guard surrounded the hideout of the opposing candidate�flamboyant, fiery Manuel Roxas y Acuna.

From Time Magazine Archive

The challenger was a man the war-weary Filipinos knew well: smart, swart Brigadier General Manuel Roxas y Acuna, a lawyer-economist turned soldier, who had been asked by General MacArthur to stay behind when the General and the Philippine Government left in 1942.

From Time Magazine Archive