Talleyrand-perigord
[tal-uh-rand-per-i-gawr; French ta-le-rahn-pey-ree-gawr] /ˈtæl əˌrændˈpɛr ɪˌgɔr; French ta lɛ rɑ̃ peɪ riˈgɔr/
noun
1.
Charles Maurice de
[sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), Prince de Bénévent
[duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1754–1838, French statesman.
Talleyrand-Périgord
/ˈtælɪˌrændˈpɛrɪɡɔː; French talɛrɑ̃periɡɔr/
noun
1.
Charles Maurice (ʃarl mɔris). 1754–1838, French statesman; foreign minister (1797–1807; 1814–15). He secretly negotiated with the Allies against Napoleon I from 1808 and was France’s representative at the Congress of Vienna (1815)
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