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Noun: Chavez  'chaa,vez
  1. United States labour leader who organized farm workers (born 1927)
    - Cesar Chavez, Cesar Estrada Chavez
     
  2. Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978)
    - Carlos Chavez

Type of: composer, labor leader [US], labour leader [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Chavez, Paul