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

The spectre of Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is difficult to escape.

From The Guardian

But it had also, historically, been a bastion of white supremacy, having produced infamous apartheid-era prime ministers such as Hendrik Verwoerd and D. F. Malan.

From Nature

It was only two years ago that a plaque commemorating Verwoerd was removed from a university building following a concerted activist campaign.

From The Guardian

TWENTY-ONE years into South Africa’s democracy, a bronze plaque honouring Hendrik Verwoerd, the mastermind of racial apartheid, still hung by the entrance of the Accounting and Statistics building at Stellenbosch University.

From Economist

How I cursed Dr. Verwoerd and his law for prescribing how I should feel and think.

From Literature