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CLOVIS
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I. (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)
Synonyms:
Clovis; Clovis I
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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)