Talleyrand-Périgord
[ tal-uh-rand-per-i-gawr; French ta-le-rahn-pey-ree-gawr ]
/ ˈtæl əˌrændˈpɛr ɪˌgɔr; French ta lɛ rɑ̃ peɪ riˈgɔr /
noun
Charles Mau·rice de
[sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/, Prince de Bé·né·vent
[duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/,1754–1838,
French statesman.
British Dictionary definitions for talleyrand-perigord
Talleyrand-Périgord
/ (ˈtælɪˌrændˈpɛrɪɡɔː, French talɛrɑ̃periɡɔr) /
noun
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)