VACLAV HAVEL

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• VACLAV HAVEL (noun)
  The noun VACLAV HAVEL has 1 sense:

1. Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)

  Familiarity information: VACLAV HAVEL used as a noun is very rare.

• VACLAV HAVEL (noun)

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Meaning:

Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Havel; Vaclav Havel

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)