English noun: Muammar al-Qaddafi | |||
1. | Muammar al-Qaddafi (person) Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942) | ||
Synonyms | Gaddafi, Khadafy, Muammar el-Qaddafi, Qaddafi, Qadhafi | ||
Instance hypernym | leader | ||