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Definition Canute in British English

Canute

/kəˈnjuːt/
1

a king of England, Denmark, and Norway (1016-1035) famous for sitting in front of the sea and unsuccessfully ordering the waves to stop, in order to prove to his people he was not a God

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Definition Canute in British English