Verwoerd

[ fuhr-voort ]

noun

1. Hen·drik Frensch [hen, -d, r, ik f, r, ens], 1901–66, South African political leader, born in the Netherlands: prime minister 1958–66.

Verwoerd

/ fəˈvʊt; fɛəˈvʊət /

noun

1. VerwoerdHendrik Frensch19011966MSouth AfricanDutchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Hendrik Frensch (ˈhɛndrɪk frɛns). 1901–66, South African statesman, born in the Netherlands: prime minister of South Africa (1958–66) and the principal architect of the apartheid system: assassinated

Example Sentences

By Malan, and the National Party, and Verwoerd, and Botha, and all the people who locked him up for nearly 30 years.

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