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Tito

Tito

7 7.4
A Yugoslav leader who fought German occupation in World War II and ruled the country after the war
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtiːtoʊ/
: Tito
  • Communist Party leader Joseph Broz Tito struck a deal with the Allies in exchange for weapons and ammunition.
  • Yugoslavia under Tito
  • Josip Broz Tito
  • Broz Tito

And he reminds me of the figures I covered in Yugoslavia, who rose up from the swamp of Tito's decayed Yugoslavia.

Examples

  • During World War II, Marshal Tito led the Yugoslav resistance against German occupation.

  • The Yugoslav Communist forces under Josip Broz (nicknamed Tito), with limited Allied assistance, eventually prevailed against the occupying Nazis.

    Academic text (1997)

  • After World War II, Tito treated the Muslims, a religious and cultural group, like an ethnic group.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Many of the EC leaders seemed to assume that Yugoslavia began with Tito's Communist party regime.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Between 1945 and 1980, Yugoslavia was ruled with an iron fist by Marshall Tito, a non-Serb Communist dictator.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The policies implemented by Tito helped establish a communist regime in Yugoslavia after the war.

  • After the war, Tito became a prominent leader known for his non-aligned stance during the Cold War.

Synonyms

Josip Broz Tito
vsTito
1 8.1

A Yugoslav leader who fought the Germans in World War II and later ruled Yugoslavia as a communist

is the shorter familiar name used in general references
Marshal Tito
vsTito
1 7.7

A Yugoslav leader who fought German occupation in World War II and later led the country as a communist ruler

is the common short name without the formal rank

Surface Forms

Tito main

Etymology

Tito is a short, familiar form of the old Roman name Titus, a name found across Europe and Latin America. So when you hear Tito for the Yugoslav leader, it is simply his personal name, a shorter, memorable version of Titus.