Cloots

American  

[klohts] / kloʊts /

noun

1. Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce Baron de Anacharsis Clootz, 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.

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Example Sentences

There were but two foreigners in the convention—Anacharsis Cloots and myself.

From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Moody, Joel

"Was it also written that I had become any safe or easy game to track into a corner?" demanded Cloots.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

"Mah Soung is dead," repeated Cloots, and an echo ran back and forth between the walls with his word.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

Dat mush be mine neighbour Cloots, who live fifteen miles to the east of thish place.

From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne

I presume Clarence Hervey stands at this instant, in your imagination, as the representative of all the gentlemen in England; and he, instead of Anacharsis Cloots, is now, to be sure, l'orateur du genre humain.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria