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Eisenhower
[ ahy-zuhn-hou-er ]
noun
- Dwight David, Ike, 1890–1969, U.S. general and statesman: Chief of Staff 1945–48; 34th president of the U.S. 1953–61.
- his wife Mamie Geneva Doud [doud], 1896–1979, U.S. First Lady 1953–61.
Eisenhower
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noun
- EisenhowerDwight David18901969MUSMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Dwight David, known as Ike. 1890–1969, US general and Republican statesman; Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1943–45) and 34th president of the US (1953–61). He commanded Allied forces in Europe and North Africa (1942), directed the invasion of Italy (1943), and was Supreme Commander of the combined land forces of NATO (1950–52)
Example Sentences
American presidents going back to Dwight D. Eisenhower in the late 1950s have complained, with good reason, about Europeans getting a free ride from the US security blanket over Europe.
I have memories of President Eisenhower on television.
He's also known generations of previous US leaders, all the way back to visiting Nixon in the White House and meeting Eisenhower at Balmoral.
King Charles, who was 10 years old when his mother hosted Eisenhower in 1959, has now extended a rare invitation to the current US president to meet him in Scotland.
As Times contributor Renée Reizman reports, the medium that was once popularized by Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidential campaign has recently is undergoing a creative renaissance.
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