Caballero

Caballero, Fernán, pseud. of Cecilia Böhl de Faber, 1796-1877, Spanish novelist and folklorist. Born in Switzerland, she spent most of her adult life in Andalusia, where her novels are set. They are marked by a didactic tone and sentimental plots, reflecting regional life and Caballero's own traditionalism. The first novel, La Gaviota (1849, tr. The Sea Gull, 1864), influenced the modern Spanish novel of customs.

(born Oct. 15, 1869, Madrid, Spain—died March 23, 1946, Paris, France) Spanish socialist leader and prime minister (1936–37). He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in 1894 and rose to become head of the party's trade-union federation in 1925. He cooperated with the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, then served in the Second Republic as labour minister (1931–33). After the Popular Front's election victory in 1936, he became prime minister and tried to unify the leftist parties; however, an extreme-left uprising in Barcelona in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War caused a cabinet crisis and he was forced to resign. He went into exile in France and was interned by the Germans in World War II (1942–45).

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(born Oct. 15, 1869, Madrid, Spain—died March 23, 1946, Paris, France) Spanish socialist leader and prime minister (1936–37). He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in 1894 and rose to become head of the party's trade-union federation in 1925. He cooperated with the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, then served in the Second Republic as labour minister (1931–33). After the Popular Front's election victory in 1936, he became prime minister and tried to unify the leftist parties; however, an extreme-left uprising in Barcelona in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War caused a cabinet crisis and he was forced to resign. He went into exile in France and was interned by the Germans in World War II (1942–45).

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Caballero, the Spanish word for "knight", may also refer to:

• Caballero (surname), people with the surname Caballero
• Caballero (magazine). published in Mexico
• GMC Caballero, a car/truck hybrid, twin to the Chevrolet El Camino from 1978–1987
• Pedro Juan Caballero, a city in Paraguay
• Don Caballero, an instrumental rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Caballero Control Corporation, an American pornographic movie company