Mendes-france
[men-dis-frans, -frahns; French mahn-des-frahns] /ˈmɛn dɪsˈfræns, -ˈfrɑns; French mɑ̃ dɛsˈfrɑ̃s/
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Pierre
[pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1907–1982, French statesman and economist: premier 1954–55.
/French mɛ̃dɛsfrɑ̃s/
noun
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Pierre (pjɛr). 1907–82, French statesman; prime minister (1954–55). He concluded the war in Indochina and granted independence to Tunisia
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[men-di-kuh nt] /ˈmɛn dɪ kənt/ adjective 1. begging; practicing begging; living on alms. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar. noun 3. a person who lives by begging; beggar. 4. a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms. /ˈmɛndɪkənt/ adjective 1. begging 2. […]
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[men-dis-i-tee] /mɛnˈdɪs ɪ ti/ noun 1. .
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[men-ding] /ˈmɛn dɪŋ/ noun 1. the act of a person or thing that . 2. articles, especially clothes, to be : Grandmother always kept her mending in this wicker basket. [mend] /mɛnd/ verb (used with object) 1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old […]
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