Definitions for Pretorius

Pretorius Pre·to·ri·us

Spelling: [pri-tawr-ee-uh s, -tohr-; Dutch p Pretorius is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 552 anagrams from letters in Pretorius (eioprrstu).

Definitions for Pretorius

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  1. Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.

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President Pretorius, with an army of some four hundred, set himself to track down the assassins.

Pretorius, who was arranging a final emigration from Natal, was summoned to confer with the new Governor.

According to Pretorius, the conference was an unsatisfactory one.

A word or two of this Pretorius, after whom the now notable town of Pretoria was named.

Sir Harry Smith, on becoming acquainted with the news, at once offered a thousand pounds for the arrest of Pretorius.

Pretorius and his burghers met the Zulu forces at a river then unnamed.

The church promised by Pretorius was built in 1841, three years later.

No sooner was the proclamation generally known than the horde of Pretorius' followers flew to arms.

Like the rest of his countrymen, Pretorius would brook no control.

Pretorius, however, gave him 48 hours' notice to quit the Republic.

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