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verwoerd

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Ver⋅woerd

  [fuhr-voort]
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–noun
Hen⋅drik Frensch  [hen-drik frens] , 1901–66, South African political leader, born in the Netherlands: prime minister 1958–66.
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Ver·woerd   (fər-vōōrt')   
South African politician who as prime minister (1958-1966) pursued a policy of apartheid and removed South Africa from the British Commonwealth (1961). He was assassinated in Cape Town.
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