Clive

[ klahyv ]

/ klaɪv /

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noun

Robert Baron Clive of Plassey, 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.

a male given name, form of Cleve.

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"Clive has had a fantastic and distinguished career so we listen to what he has to say," he said.
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I knew Clive casually, and I knew a lot of people who worked with him.
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“I will be supporting Clive Bundy and his family from Federal Government slaughter,” he wrote.
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As he shared on Facebook: I will be supporting Clive Bundy and his family from Federal Government slaughter.
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Messieurs Gosling and Clive are instructed to obey your commands whenever you please to send them.
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Clive faced the mutiny successfully; he cashiered the leaders and accepted the submission of the younger men.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
The king, while fully acknowledging Clive's services, thought him guilty of "rapine," and disapproved of his virtual acquittal.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Hastings returned from India at the close of the war with the hope of rewards as great as those of Clive.
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Whilst on this subject I must confess to a lapse of memory in respect of what Clive Row was like at that particular period.
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Clive

/ (klaɪv) /

noun

Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey. 1725–74, British general and statesman, whose victory at Plassey (1757) strengthened British control in India

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