Perón

American  

[puh-rohn, pe-rawn] / pəˈroʊn, pɛˈrɔn /

noun

1. Eva Duarte de 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).

2. Juan (Domingo) 1895–1974, Argentine military and political leader: president 1946–55, 1973–74.

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Perón British  

/ peˈrɔn /

noun

1. Juan Domingo (xwan doˈmɪnɡo). 1895–1974, Argentine soldier and statesman; dictator (1946–55). He was deposed in 1955, remaining in exile until 1973, when he was elected president (1973–74)

2. his third wife, María Estella (maˈria esˈteʎa), known as Isabel. born 1931, president of Argentina (1974–76); deposed

3. ( María ) Eva ( Duarte ) de Perón (ˈeβa), known as Evita. Second wife of Juan Domingo Perón. 1919–52, Argentine film actress: active in politics and social welfare (1946–52)

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Other Word Forms

• Peronist noun

Example Sentences

The party, founded by Juan and Eva Perón in the 1940s and long associated with Argentina’s welfare state, remains a formidable force but failed to mobilize disenchanted voters as inflation eased from its historic highs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Members of such a cult show unquestioning loyalty to a strong leader, such as Argentina’s Juan and Eva Perón or Italy’s Benito Mussolini, whom they perceive as infallible and truthful.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2024

In 1947, President Juan Perón announced the closure of the prison in the wake of national reforms that created labor-oriented rural prisons throughout Argentina in order to support the development of agricultural communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

On the walls there are murals of Juan Perón, after whom the populist political movement Peronism is named and whose wife Evita was hailed as a champion of the poor.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023

Juan Perón, who later became Evita’s husband and the dictator of Argentina, studied Hitler and his Italian sidekick, Mussolini, as role models.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield