A proper noun referring to the former French president and founder of the French constitution’s governing body; as a name, it designates Charles de Gaulle, often associated with the French military leader and statesman who led Free France during WWII and later established the Fifth Republic. The full personal name is pronounced with attention to the French surname de Gaulle, which is not phonetic in English. In practice, English speakers often render it roughly as “CHARLZ duh GAWL” with regionally variable vowels.
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