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)