Definition of Smuts

1. Noun. South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950).

Exact synonyms: Jan Christian Smuts
Generic synonyms: Soldier, National Leader, Solon, Statesman

Definition of Smuts

1. Noun. (plural of smut) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smuts

1. smut [v] - See also: smut

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smuts

smut fungus
smutch
smutched
smutches
smutchier
smutchiest
smutchin
smutching
smutchy
smuthounds
smutmonger
smutmongers
smuts (current term)
smutted
smuttier
smuttiest
smuttily
smuttiness
smuttinesses
smutting
smutty
smyth
smythite
smytrie
smytries
sn-glycerol-3-phosphorylcholine synthetase
snRNA

Literary usage of Smuts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1920)
"But Sonnino remained.55 GENERAL JAN CHRISTIAAN smuts, MINISTER OF DEFENSE IN THE ... In 1907 General smuts was elected Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal, ..."

2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"smuts and Rusts. if Higher fungi. The plants already described may suffice as examples ... smuts. Among the higher fungi the smuts are a well-known group. ..."

3. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"The smuts* 456. General characters.—The smuts are a group of fungi parasitic chiefly on the flowering plants. The mycelium lives in the interior of its host ..."

4. An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1921)
"AN AFRICAN ADVENTURE CHAPTER I —smuts TURN the searchlight on the political ... Off in South Africa smuts gives fresh evidence of his vision and authority. ..."

5. An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1921)
"AN AFRICAN ADVENTURE CHAPTER I —smuts TURN the searchlight on the political ... Off in South Africa smuts gives fresh evidence of his vision and authority. ..."

6. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"JAN CHRISTIAN smuts was formerly the administrative capital of German East Africa. ... and to assist him General smuts, who had now got in touch with him, ..."

7. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"... General Robertson on the Russians—A talk with General smuts— My objections to the Flanders operation—smuts on German E. and S.-W. Africa—His ideas about ..."

8. The League of Nations and the New International Law by John Eugene Harley (1921)
"I THE smuts PROPOSALS OWING to the fact that many of the proposals of the South African statesman, Jan Christian smuts, were incorporated into the League of ..."

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