Gondomar

[ gawn-daw-mahr ]

noun

1. Die·go Sar·mien·to de A·cu·ña [dye, -gaw sah, r, -, myen, -taw , th, e ah-, koo, -nyah], Count of, 1567–1626, Spanish diplomat.

Example Sentences

The group are also behind recent attacks on the Chilean army, the Portuguese city of Gondomar and the University of West of Scotland.

From BBC

As we occasionally see in our own day a public man committing the absurdity of replying in a serious strain to a caricature, so, in 1621, the Spanish embassador in London, Count Gondomar, called the attention of the British Government to this engraving, complaining that it was calculated to revive the old antipathy of the English people to the Spanish monarchy.

From Project Gutenberg

Gondomar, Count, complains of a caricature, 96, 97.

From Project Gutenberg

Another picture exhibits the odious Gondomar giving an account of his conduct in England to the "Spanishe Parliament," in the course of which he attributes the British abhorrence of Spain to such men as "Ward of Ipswich," whom he describes as "light and unstayed wits," intent on winning the airy applause of the vulgar, and to raise their desperate fortunes.

From Project Gutenberg

This broadsheet being entitled "Vox Populi," the writer concludes his explanation by styling the embassador "Fox Populi, Count Gondomar the Great."

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