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  • proper noun A male given name, an alternative spelling of Claus.

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Examples

  • Klaus is a very skilled researcher, but nothing he reads can save them from the treachery of the villainous Count Olaf.

    The End by Lemony Snicket: Questions 2006

  • Klaus is hiding behind the Noel Streatfield books, and Sunny doesn't know why he won't play with her.

    September 6th, 2004 2004

  • If all goes as was explained to me, Violet and Sunny should be adoptable within a couple of weeks, once they've been fixed; Klaus is adoptable once he stops hiding in corners and crying.

    September 6th, 2004 2004

  • Klaus is incredibly shy, and likes to hide behind things.

    September 6th, 2004 2004

  • His critics either call Klaus's performance "a failure" since it drew zero attention, so the world does not care for Klaus at all; or they call it "a shame" since someone noticed his

    Prague Monitor 2009

  • Is it just possible that Mr. Klaus is going to shame us all by NOT leaving us in the lurch at the last minute but that he will find some way of spinning out the business of evading appending his signature to the Treaty on the Czech Republic's part?

    Archive 2009-09-13 2009

  • Is it just possible that Mr. Klaus is going to shame us all by NOT leaving us in the lurch at the last minute but that he will find some way of spinning out the business of evading appending his signature to the Treaty on the Czech Republic's part?

    Do Something Popular, Mr. Cameron! 2009

  • Julia retrieved the phone and called Klaus's agent, keeping her voice as neutral as she could.

    Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006

  • Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and the other only one.

    The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

  • Both were called Klaus, but one owned four horses and the other only one.

    The Yellow Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1900

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