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Clovis

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Clo·vis 1  (klvs)
1. A city of central California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada near Fresno. It is a processing center. Population: 74,500.
2. A city of eastern New Mexico near the Texas border. It is a trade center in a wheat and cattle area. Population: 32,500.
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Noun1.ClovisClovis - 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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, and Clovis and Charlemagne, those vague, colossal heroes, those shadows, those myths of a thousand years ago
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Then they began to pass around the dusky, piquant, Arlesian sausages, and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses, prawns of large size and brilliant color, the echinus with its prickly outside and dainty morsel within, the clovis, esteemed by the epicures of the South as more than rivalling the exquisite flavor of the oyster, -- all the delicacies, in fact, that are cast up by the wash of waters on the sandy beach, and styled by the grateful fishermen "fruits of the sea.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
On a tiny satinwood table stood a statuette by Clodion, and beside it lay a copy of Les Cent Nouvelles, bound for Margaret of Valois by Clovis Eve and powdered with the gilt daisies that Queen had selected for her device.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
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