Verwoerd

[ fuh r-voort ]
/ fərˈvurt /

noun

Hen·drik Frensch [hen-drik frens] /ˈhɛn drɪk frɛns/,1901–66, South African political leader, born in the Netherlands: prime minister 1958–66.

Example sentences from the Web for verwoerd

  • By Malan, and the National Party, and Verwoerd, and Botha, and all the people who locked him up for nearly 30 years.

    The Meaning of Mandela |Joshua DuBois |June 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for verwoerd

Verwoerd
/ (fəˈvʊt, fɛəˈvʊət) /

noun

Hendrik Frensch (ˈhɛndrɪk frɛns). 1901–66, South African statesman, born in the Netherlands: prime minister of South Africa (1958–66) and the principal architect of the apartheid system: assassinated