Definition of De Valera

1. Noun. Irish statesman (born in the United States); as president of the Irish Free State he was responsible for the new constitution of 1937 that created the state of Eire (1882-1975).

Exact synonyms: Eamon De Valera
Generic synonyms: National Leader, Solon, Statesman

Lexicographical Neighbors of De Valera

de Gaulle
de Kooning
de Lange
de Mille
de Moivre number
de Morsier's syndrome
de Musset's sign
de Pezzer catheter
de Quervain's disease
de Quervain's fracture
de Quervain's thyroiditis
de Sade
de Saussure
de Spinoza
de Valera (current term)
de bene esse
de bonis non administratis
de dicto
de die ad diem
de die in diem
de facto
de facto corporation
de facto corporations
de facto segregation
de factos
de haut en bas
de jure
de jure segregation
de l'Orme

Literary usage of De Valera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1863)
"... he defended the honor of his liege lord, the King of Castile. A treatise of a few pages on Providence, by Diego de Valera, printed in the edition ..."

2. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"Professor Edward de Valera President of the Sinn Fein, arrested in connection with an alleged German plot in Ireland International film Service) Prince ..."

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