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Ca·vour  (k-vr, kä-vr), Conte Camillo Benso di 1810-1861.
Italian political leader who was premier of Sardinia (1852-1859 and 1860-1861) and assisted in the unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II, the king of Sardinia.
Cavour (Italian) [kaˈvur]
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(Biographies / Cavour, Camillo Benso di, Conte (1810-1861) M, Italian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: premier) Conte Camillo Benso di (kaˈmillo ˈbɛnzo di).1810-61, Italian statesman and premier of Piedmont-Sardinia (1852-59; 1860-61): a leader of the movement for the unification of Italy


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Browning was passionately interested in the Italian struggle for independence against Austrian tyranny, and her sudden death in 1861 seems to have been hastened by that of the Italian statesman Cavour.
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