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(san′tə klôz′)
In nursery folklore, a friend of children who brings presents at Christmas time: usually represented as a fat, jolly old man. The patron saint of children, figuring in the nursery lore of many countries and identified with St. Nicholas. [<dial. Du. Sante Klaus Saint Nicholas]
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