talleyrand-perigord

noun

1. Charles Mau·rice de [sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/, Prince de Bé·né·vent [duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/, 1754–1838, French statesman.

noun

1. Charles Maurice (ʃarl mɔris). 1754–1838, French statesman; foreign minister (1797–1807; 1814–15). He secretly negotiated with the Allies against Napoleon I from 1808 and was France’s representative at the Congress of Vienna (1815)