fidel castro

noun

1. Ci·pri·a·no [sip-ree-ah-noh; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/, 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
2. Fidel [fi-del; Spanish fee-th el] /fɪˈdɛl; Spanish fiˈðɛl/, Fidel Castro Ruz, born 1927, Cuban revolutionary and political leader: prime minister 1959–76 and president 1976–2008.

noun

1. Fidel (fɪˈdɛl; Spanish fiˈðɛl). full name Fidel Castro Ruz. born 1927, Cuban revolutionary and statesman: led the communist overthrow of the Batista dictatorship in 1959; prime minister (1959–76), president (1976–2008)