From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishAllende, SalvadorSalvador AllendeAllende, Sal‧va‧dor /ˈsælvədɔː $ -dɔːr/ (1908–73) a socialist politician who was elected president of Chile in 1970. In 1973 Allende and many of his supporters were killed when the army took control of the government.
