Gronchi

[ grong-kee; Italian grawn-kee ]

noun

1. Gio·van·ni [jaw-, vahn, -nee], 1887–1978, Italian statesman: president 1955–62.

Example Sentences

In the royal box, the president of Italy, Giovanni Gronchi, and his wife waited nearly an hour before leaving, and the show never resumed.

From New York Times

First overnight stop: Rome, where thousands braved forbidding chill and rain to cheer her on rounds that included a formal call on President Giovanni Gronchi and an audience with Pope John XXIII, with whom she would converse in French.

From Time Magazine Archive

Italy's President Giovanni Gronchi, 72, was all aglow with anticipation.

From Time Magazine Archive

In flying off to Moscow, Christian Democrat Gronchi had overridden the protests of his ministers, had so vexed the Vatican that Italy's Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani had publicly denounced "men of high responsibility in the West" for their readiness "to shake the hand that slapped Christ in the face."

From Time Magazine Archive

Turning to Italian Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella, whom the Russians regard as "hopelessly" pro-Western, Nikita Khrushchev began to twit him on the Alitalia DC-6B in which the Gronchi party had arrived.

From Time Magazine Archive