ee -awr-buh-ney-hah; Sp. pree-maw the ree-ve-rah -awr-vah-ne-hah] 
| Mi⋅guel [mee-gel] , 1870–1930, Spanish general and dictator 1923–30. |
Pri·mo de Ri·ve·ra y Or·ba·ne·ja  (prē'mō dā rĭ-věr'ə ē ôr'bə-nā'hä, thě rē-vě'rä ē ôr'vä-ně'hä) Spanish general and politician who seized power and ruled as dictator (1923-1930). His son José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903-1936) founded the Spanish Fascist Party (1933) and was executed by Loyalists during the Civil War. |