Ku

v. t. To praise; to extol; to glorify. “Kudos'd egregiously.” [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ky^dos glory. ] Glory; fame; renown; praise. W. H. Russel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) See Koodoo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Cufic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) [ Native name. ] The slow lemur. See Lemur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freed negroes; -- called also Kuklux Klan and the Klan. It exerienced a revival in the 1920's, in the north as well as the south, and persists as a weak organization into the 1990's. Its goals were primarily anti-negro and anti-Catholic, and its tactics included terrorist attacks on negroes for the purpose of intimidation with the goal of continuing segregation. The signature activity of the Klan was the burning of a cross, either at rallies of Klansmen, or on the property of African-Americans which they hoped to intimidate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) See Koulan.

n. [ G., fr. kultur, cultur, culture + kampf fight. ] (Ger. Hist.) Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 - 1902), given to a struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter's efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of centralization. The struggle began with the passage by the Prussian Diet in May, 1873, of the so-called
May laws, or
Falk laws, aiming at the regulation of the clergy. Opposition eventually compelled the government to change its policy, and from 1880 to 1887 laws virtually nullifying the May laws were enacted. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]