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Clemenceau

Clemenceau

2 8.9
A French leader who helped make the Treaty of Versailles after World War I
  • proper noun
  • /klɛˈmɒnsoʊ/
: Clemenceau
  • Keynes, the powerful economist-statesman whom everybody knows for The Economic Consequences of the Peace, sent letters and memoranda to his Bloomsbury friends reporting on his postwar experiences, in particular the reparations debates between the defeated Germans and the Allied leaders Clemenceau, Lloyd George, and the Americans.
  • Georges Clemenceau

I think what Clemenceau told the French parliament is pretty true.

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Examples

  • But Keynes, to glance at him once more, had little to say of Clemenceau's family history.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • It was revived by French Premier Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929): "Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head."

    Blog text (18)

  • I think what Clemenceau told the French parliament is pretty true.

    The Great War

  • Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

  • Read what the British in 1918 had to say about Clemenceau and Foch, at least.

    Blog text (10)

  • At the start of the class, four students were selected for the roles of Orlando, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and Wilson.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Clemenceau, as French premier, rewarded Picquart with the ministry of war.

    Academic text (2011)

  • That may have been true 50 years ago when Clemenceau said it, Mandrake, but today, education is too important to be left to the politicians.

    Blog text (13)

  • Clemenceau was a seasoned cynic; he loathed and distrusted the Germans; he wore gray kid gloves at the negotiating table.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Georges Clemenceau played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.

Synonyms

Georges Clemenceau
vsClemenceau
1 7.9

A French politician who was Prime Minister and helped shape the Treaty of Versailles

is the surname form used alone rather than the full personal name

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Clemenceau comes from the French word clémence meaning 'mercy' plus the common French ending -eau. A helpful way to remember it is that the name looks like 'clemency', even though Georges Clemenceau was often firm in politics, so the name's original sense points to 'mercy'.