[mas-uh-rik; Czech mah-sah-rik] 
| 1. | Jan [yahn] , 1886–1948, Czech statesman (son of Tomáŝ). |
| 2. | To⋅máŝ Gar⋅rigue [taw-mahsh gah-rik] , 1850–1937, Czech statesman: 1st president of Czechoslovakia 1918–35. |
| Mas·a·ryk (mās'ə-rĭk, mä'sä-) Czechoslovakian politician who served as the first president of independent Czechoslovakia (1918-1935). His son Jan Garrigue Masaryk (1886-1948) was the foreign minister of the provisional government in London (1940-1945) and the restored government in Prague (1945-1948). |
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