English noun: Waldheim | |||
1. | Waldheim (person) Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918) | ||
Synonyms | Kurt Waldheim | ||
Instance hypernym | diplomat, diplomatist, national leader, solon, statesman | ||