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Cha⋅vez

[chah-vez or, for 2, shah-, shuh-vez; Sp. chah-ves]
–noun
1. Car⋅los [kahr-lohs; Sp. kahr-laws] , 1899–1978, Mexican composer and conductor.
2. Ce⋅sar (Es⋅tra⋅da) [see-zer e-strah-duh; Sp. se-sahr es-trah-thah] , 1927–93, U.S. labor leader: organizer of migrant farmworkers.
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Chá·vez   (chä'věz', shä'-)   
American labor organizer who founded the National Farm Workers Association (1962).
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