(1825–1904), South African soldier and statesman, president of Transvaal (1883–99); full name Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger. He led the Afrikaners to victory in the First Boer War in 1881. His refusal to allow equal rights to non-Boer immigrants was one of the causes of the Second Boer War.
Definition of Kruger, Paul in US English:
Kruger, Paul
proper nounˈkrYər
(1825–1904), South African soldier and statesman, president of Transvaal (1883–99); full name Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger. He led the Afrikaners to victory in the First Boer War in 1881. His refusal to allow equal rights to non-Boer immigrants was one of the causes of the Second Boer War.