Smuts

[ Dutch smœts; English smuhts ]

/ Dutch smœts; English smʌts /

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noun

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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Words nearby Smuts

smurfing, smush, smut, smutch, smutchy, Smuts, smutty, SMV, Smyrna, Smyrna fig, Smyrnean

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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

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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