[dev-uh-lair-uh, -leer-uh] 
Ea⋅mon [ey-muh n] , 1882–1975, Irish political leader and statesman, born in the U.S.: prime minister of the Republic of Ireland 1932–48, 1951–54, 1957–59; president 1959–73. |
[vuh-lair-uh, -leer-uh; for 1 also Irish vah-ley-rah; for 2 also Sp. bah-le-rah] | De Va·le·ra (děv'ə-lěr'ə, -lîr'ə) American-born Irish political leader who fought in the 1916 Easter Rebellion and was president of Sinn Fein (1918-1926) before becoming three-time prime minister of the Irish Free State and the first president of the Republic of Ireland (1959-1973). |