Chavez: Meaning and Definition of

Cha•vez

Pronunciation: (chä'vez or, for 2, shä'-, shu-vez' Sp. chä'ves), [key]
— n.
  1. 1899–1978, Mexican composer and conductor.
  2. )born 1927, U.S. labor leader: organizer of migrant farmworkers.
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