Clovis
['kləuvis]
Definition
(noun.) 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).
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Examples
- Its founder was Clovis (481-511), who began as a small king in Belgium and ended with his southern frontiers nearly at the Pyrenees. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This Pepin it was who finally extinguished the descendants of Clovis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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