DUQUE DE RIVAS ANGEL DE SAAVEDRA
\djˈuːk də ɹˈiːvəz ˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒə͡l də sˈɑːvɛdɹə], \djˈuːk də ɹˈiːvəz ˈeɪndʒəl də sˈɑːvɛdɹə], \d_j_ˈuː_k d_ə ɹ_ˈiː_v_ə_z ˈeɪ_n_dʒ_əl d_ə s_ˈɑː_v_ɛ_d_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of DUQUE DE RIVAS ANGEL DE SAAVEDRA
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A Spanish statesman and poet; born in Cordova, March 10, 1791; died in Madrid, June 22, 1865. He was the author of "Poetical Essays" (2 vols., 1813); "Florinda" (1824-25), an epic on the Moorish conquest of Spain; "The Moorish Foundling" (1834), a national epic; many dramas; a life of Masaniello (1860); and a history of the Neapolitan revolution (2 vols., 1848; new ed. 1881).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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