O'Higgins

[ oh-hig-inz; Spanish aw-ee-geens ]

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noun

Am·bro·sio [ahm-, braw, -syaw], Marqués de Osorno, 1720?–1801, Irish soldier and administrator in South America.
his son Ber·nar·do [be, r, -, nahr, -, th, aw], Liberator of Chile, 1778–1842, Chilean general and statesman.

O'Higgins

/ oˈiɣins; əʊˈhɪɡɪnz /

O'HigginsAmbrosio?17201801MIrishMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: statesman Ambrosio (æmˈbrəʊzɪˌəʊ). ?1720–1801, Irish soldier, who became viceroy of Chile (1789–96) and of Peru (1796–1801)
O'HigginsBernardo17781842MChileanPOLITICS: revolutionaryPOLITICS: head of state his son, Bernardo (bɛrˈnarðo). 1778–1842, Chilean revolutionary. He was one of the leaders in the struggle for independence from Spain and was Chile's first president (1817–23)

Harvey O'Higgins has danced there and Mrs. Fiske and many another, but still the critics rush in.

Having once got his foot upon the official ladder, O'Higgins never stepped back.

The great O'Higgins had retired from the eye of the nation and from the scene of his struggles and self-sacrifice.

It was owing to complications of this kind that coolness ensued between him and his father, the famous Ambrose O'Higgins.

From this it will be seen that Bernardo O'Higgins had not only achieved much, but had suffered much in his own person.

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