Pretorius

Pretorius
/pri tawr"ee euhs, -tohr"-/; Du. /prdday toh"rddee oos'/, n.
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus /ahn"drddees vil hel"moos yah kaw"boos/, 1799-1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels /mahrdd tee"noos ves"euhls/, 1819-1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.

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