Claude

[ klawd; French klohd ]

/ klɔd; French kloʊd /

noun

Albert,1899–1983, U.S. biologist, born in Belgium: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974.

Also Claud. a male given name: from a Roman family name meaning “lame.”

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Examples from the Web for claude

Some of these critics, notably Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, and Eric Rohmer, later became filmmakers of international repute.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The first commission member to be forced out was Claude Peterson, a Vietnam vet who had signed the petition.
In 2005, ‘Iowa Nice’ Ernst Helped to Oust Veterans From Local Board After They Opposed Her Candidacy|Ben Jacobs|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss saw the Amazon rainforest, as he saw most things, as a complex structure.
Exploring the Amazon, While We Still Can|Darrell Hartman|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As we were getting ready to repair to his capacious table, we were joined by Claude Lanzmann, the maker of the film Shoah.
My Moments With Ariel Sharon|Seth Lipsky|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“We remain very opposed to the sexualisation of children and of childhood,” says Kidscape red Claude Knight.
The Misplaced Outrage Over Gwyneth Paltrow’s Bikinis for Little Girls|Jessica Grose|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Claude stood in the midst of a large circle of well-wishers.
The Shadow of a Sin|Bertha M. Clay
Claude Lorraine, on the contrary, was convinced that taking nature as he found it seldom produced beauty.
Seven Discourses on Art|Joshua Reynolds
He summoned Claude Perrault and ordered him to begin work at once.
Old and New Paris, v. 1|Henry Sutherland Edwards
They had seemed interested, sympathetic, as if they really cared about Claude's talent and the opera.
The Way of Ambition|Robert Hichens
When Mahoudeau had been complimented, he told Claude that he had searched for his picture in vain.
His Masterpiece|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for claude

Claude

/ (klɔːd, French klod) /

noun

Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria

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Word Origin and History for claude

Claude

masc. proper name, from French form of Claudius.

Medicine definitions for claude

Claude

[ klōd ]

Albert 1899-1983

Belgian-born American biologist who was among the first to use the electron microscope for biological research. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for developing methods of separating and analyzing cell components.