Definition of Robert clive

1. Noun. British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Robert Clive

Robert Alexander Schumann
Robert Andrews Millikan
Robert Anson Heinlein
Robert Barany
Robert Bartlett
Robert Benchley
Robert Boyle
Robert Brown
Robert Browning
Robert Bruce Mathias
Robert Bunsen
Robert Burns
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Charles Benchley
Robert Charles Venturi
Robert Clive
Robert Curl
Robert De Niro
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Peary
Robert E Lee's Birthday
Robert E Lee Day
Robert Edward Lee
Robert Edwin Peary
Robert Emmet Sherwood
Robert F. Curl
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
Robert Frost
Robert Fulton

Literary usage of Robert clive

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

1. The Library of Original Sources by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1907)
"... the American Revolution, and are illustrated in the sentiments of Chatham, Grenville, Mansfield, Burke and Adam Smith, given below. robert clive ROBERT ..."

2. The Library of Original Sources edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"robert clive robert clive was born in Shropshire, England, September 29, 1725. Clive was a dare-devil as a boy and paid little attention to his books, ..."

3. Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers by Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (1900)
"By robert clive, later LORD CLIVE (1725-1774), founder of the British empire in India. In 1743 Clive »-»-—< -he I must therefore recommend it to you, ..."

4. Imperial England by Cecil Fairfield Lavell, Charles Edward Payne (1918)
"robert clive AND THE BEGINNING OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE Before we go any farther it may be as well to note one general characteristic of British expansion that ..."

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