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Vargas

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Var·gas  (värgs), Getúlio Dornelles 1882-1954.
Brazilian politician who led a successful revolution (1930) and was president (1930-1945 and 1951-1954) until resigning from office under pressure from the military.
Vargas (Portuguese) [ˈvargas]
n
(Biographies / Vargas, Getúlio Dornelles (1883-1954) M, Brazilian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: head of state) Getúlio Dornelles (ʒeˈtulju durˈneləʃ). 1883-1954, Brazilian statesman; president (1930-45; 1951-54)
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Noun1.Vargas - Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)Vargas - Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)
Getulio Dornelles Vargas
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For all that, he was much grieved at the loss of his lance, and saying so to his squire, he added, "I remember having read how a Spanish knight, Diego Perez de Vargas by name, having broken his sword in battle, tore from an oak a ponderous bough or branch, and with it did such things that day, and pounded so many Moors, that he got the surname of Machuca, and he and his descendants from that day forth were called Vargas y Machuca.
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