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CLOVIS

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Overview

CLOVIS (noun)
  The noun CLOVIS has 1 sense:

1. king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic 'Louis' (466-511)play

  Familiarity information: CLOVIS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CLOVIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

King of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic 'Louis' (466-511)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Clovis; Clovis I

Instance hypernyms:

Frank (a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century)

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)


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