Smuts

[ Dutch smœts; English smuhts ]

noun
  1. Jan Chris·ti·aan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn], /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/, 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.

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How to use Smuts in a sentence

  • What happened to the Gaucho when she blew the Smuts up is too fresh in everybody's mind.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
  • There's more than a good chance that the loss of the Jan Smuts has temporarily demoralized them.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
  • It was the Jan Smuts; the name and the figurehead-bust of the old soldier-philosopher were plainly visible.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
  • And in the shifting confusion on the radar-screen, there was no trace either of the Jan Smuts or the Gaucho.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
  • More chimneys smoke than the councillor's chimney, and there are many Smuts in the world.

    Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia Ewing

British Dictionary definitions for Smuts

Smuts

/ (smʌts) /


noun
  1. Jan Christiaan (jan ˈkristiˌan). 1870–1950, South African statesman; prime minister (1919–24; 1939–48). He fought for the Boers during the Boer War, then worked for Anglo-Boer reconciliation and served the Allies during World Wars I and II

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