George H.W. Bush
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- proper noun
- /dʒɔrdʒ eɪtʃ dʌblju bʊʃ/
- George H.W. Bush was vacationing at his family's summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine, in late August 1991 when British Prime Minister John Major and his wife Norma visited.
- President George H.W. Bush
Examples
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George H.W. Bush orchestrated a coalition to win the first Gulf War.
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The legacy of George H.W. Bush includes significant foreign policy initiatives.
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George H.W. Bush, for example, lost his first campaigns deep down in Southern Democrat country, and that loss was inevitable.
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Until President George H.W. Bush appointed him clerk in 1991, the Army was Suter's home.
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President George H.W. Bush had described reality after the Cold War as "a world quite different from the one we've known," one in which countries "East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmony."
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It was first raised by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988 and subsequently by U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
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When George H.W. Bush convinced Congress and the country to oust Iraq from Kuwait in 1991, it was an uphill struggle to persuade Americans that he was not involving them in another Vietnam.
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Compare that with George H.W. Bush, who launched two midsized ground operations in Panama (1989) and Somalia (1992), and one large war in the Persian Gulf (1991).
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Former President George H.W. Bush served his country with honor during his time in office.
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In 1990, George H.W. Bush led a coalition to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi forces.
Synonyms
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1.8
An American politician who was Vice President under Reagan and the 41st US President from 1989 to 1993
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The 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 who was vice president under Ronald Reagan
Surface Forms
Morphology
George + H.W. + Bush
This is a referential proper name for a specific individual (the 41st U.S. President); knowing the constituents 'George', the initials 'H.W.', and 'bush' (a shrub) does not allow a learner to infer the person's identity or presidential role. Personal names are arbitrary labels rather than compositional meanings, so their referent is not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
George H.W. Bush uses family names: the initials H.W. stand for Herbert Walker, the name of his mother's father. That's why people use the full name—to tell him apart from his son George W. Bush and mean the 41st US president.