Barthou


(Jean) Louis
[zhahn lwee] /ʒɑ̃ lwi/ (Show IPA), 1862–1934, French statesman and author.
Historical Examples

The Barthou Cabinet had been overthrown early in December, 1913, after a vote on a government loan.
A History of the Third French Republic C. H. C. Wright

First the Barthou Cabinet fell as a result of financial legislation and of an attack on the part of M. Caillaux.
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Various

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