Claude

[ klawd; French klohd ]

/ klɔd; French kloʊd /

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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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Words nearby Claude

clat, clathrate, clathrin, clatter, claucht, Claude, Claudel, Claude Lorrain, Claudette, Claudia, claudication

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How to use Claude in a sentence

Since we’re already in Paris in the spring, let’s check in with Claude.
Beyond Vivaldi, a classical playlist to bring on the spring|Michael Andor Brodeur|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
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
Jean-Claude Bensoussan got into the prison wedding business 12 years ago.
Saying Yes to the Dress—Behind Bars|Caitlin Dickson|December 8, 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

I remember being with Christo and Jeanne-Claude when they were doing Running Fence in Sonoma County, Northern California.
Graffiti Artists Turn on Banksy: The Rise of Art Hate|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 6, 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
Claude de Vert died; he devoted much attention to the ceremonies of the church of Rome, of which he wrote a history.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The other one, Mr. Devenish—Claude—(she looks up and down as before) he's rather, rather poetical.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
Her surviving relative and guardian was her uncle, Claude-Joseph Pillerault.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Claude Vignon, the great critic, especially appreciated this woman's intellectual depravity.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
The vehicle stopped at the corner of St. Claude Street, where it hid along the trees twenty paces off.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas

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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Medical 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.