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Gambetta

[ gam-bet-uh; French gahn-be-ta ]

noun

  1. Lé·on [ley-, awn], 1838–82, French statesman.


Gambetta

/ ɡɑ̃bɛta; ɡæmˈbɛtə /

noun

  1. GambettaLéon18381882MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Léon (leɔ̃). 1838–82, French statesman; prime minister (1881–82). He organized resistance during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) and was a founder of the Third Republic (1871)


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Denis Diderot gives the effect in his work, as Gambetta did in the flesh, of a living force of nature.

The first so brought in was a Proclamation by Gambetta, who had by means of aerial transit proceeded to Tours.

Falguires, bronze bust of Gambetta, particularly expressive.

He had been appointed by Gambetta in September, in the war year.

I admire M. Gambetta, who is at this moment the first man in France, in my estimation, and the second political man in Europe.

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