Laurier

[ lawr-ee-ey; French law-ryey ]

/ ˈlɔr iˌeɪ; French lɔˈryeɪ /

Sir Wil·frid

[wil-frid; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd; French wilˈfrid/,1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.

Example sentences from the Web for laurier

The old man crawled out at their approach and still on all-fours accosted Bert and Laurier.

The War in the Air |Herbert George Wells
That, however, and one or two other objections to an immediate start were overruled by Laurier.

The War in the Air |Herbert George Wells
He bade Laurier and me a courteous good-night, nodded to his nephew, and left the room.

A Master of Mysteries |L. T. Meade
The Laurier Government, unlike its predecessor, did not insist on the restoration of separate schools.

The Canadian Dominion |Oscar D. Skelton

That blind officer motionless on the bench, that figure of heroic grief, was Laurier!

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |Vicente Blasco Ibanez

Laurier

/ (ˈlɒrɪə) /

Sir Wilfrid. 1841–1919, Canadian Liberal statesman; the first French-Canadian prime minister (1896–1911)