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–noun

1.	the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.

2.	a similar wine made elsewhere.

3.	Also called claret red. a deep purplish red.

4.	Slang. blood.

–adjective

5.	deep purplish-red.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < AF, MF claret, cleret, alter., by suffix substitution, of OF claré wine mixed with honey and herbs or spices < ML clarātum, equiv. to L clār(us) clear + -ātus -ate¹

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n.

1. A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France.
2. A similar wine made elsewhere.
A dark or grayish purplish red to dark purplish pink.

[Middle English, light-colored wine, from Old French (vin) claret, diminutive of clair, clear, from Latin clārus; see clear.]

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claret

1398, "light-colored wine," from O.Fr. (vin) claret "clear (wine), light-colored red wine," from L. clarus "clear." Meaning "red wine of Bordeaux" first attested 1700.

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claret
noun
1.	a dark purplish-red color
2.	dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
verb
1.	drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"

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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.

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