Kléber

[ kley-ber ]

noun

1. Jean Bap·tiste [zhah, n, b, a, -, teest], 1753–1800, French general.

Kléber

/ klebɛr /

noun

1. KléberJean Baptiste17531800MFrenchMILITARY: general Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist). 1753–1800, French general, who succeeded Napoleon as commander in Egypt (1799); assassinated

Example Sentences

Of his great career I could speak freely, for Kleber's name was, in soldier esteem, scarcely second to that of Bonaparte himself.

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Kleber is my son; and so that he is alive and well, I care little if a general or simple soldier.

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At Cairo, the Egyptians could not comprehend how it was that Kleber, with his majestic form, was not commander-in-chief.

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She ordered the driver of the taxicab to take her to Mr. Stapleton's house in the Avenue Kleber.

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The kidnapper strolled over to the window which overlooked the Avenue Kleber, drew aside the curtain, and looked out.

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