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claret


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Claret  \Clar"et\  (kl[a^]r"[e^]t),  n.  [OE.  claret,  clare,  clarry, 
  OF  claret,  clar['e],  fr  cler,  F.  clair,  clear,  fr  L. 
  clarus  clear.  See  {Clear}.] 
  The  name  first  given  in  England  to  the  red  wines  of  M['e]doc, 
  in  France,  and  afterwards  extended  to  all  the  red  Bordeaux 
  wines.  The  name  is  also  given  to  similar  wines  made  in  the 
  United  States. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  claret 
  n  1:  a  dark  purplish  red 
  2:  dry  red  Bordeaux  or  Bordeaux-like  wine  [syn:  {red  Bordeaux}] 




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