de Gaulle

US: (də gōl′, gôl′)

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de Gaulle  (də gōl′, gôl′), 

Charles An•dré Jo•seph Ma•rie  (chärlz än′drā jō′zəf mə rē′; Fr. sharl än drā′ zhō zef′ ma rē′), 1890–1970, French general and statesman: president 1959–69.

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de Gaulle / də ɡol/ noun

1. Charles (André Joseph Marie) ( ʃarl ). 1890–1970, French general and statesman. During World War II, he refused to accept Pétain's armistice with Germany and founded the Free French movement in England (1940). He was head of the provisional governments (1944–46) and, as first president of the Fifth Republic (1959–69), he restored political and economic stability to France