Glubb
[gluhb] /glʌb/
noun
1.
Sir John Bagot
[bag-uh t] /ˈbæg ət/ (Show IPA), (“Glubb Pasha”) 1897–1986, British army officer: commander of the Arab Legion in Jordan 1939–56.
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