1
: a red Bordeaux wine
also
: a similar wine produced elsewhere
2
: a dark purplish red
claret
adjective
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Scottie Scheffler won his second major of the year—and fourth of his career—Sunday, claiming The Open Championship’s claret jug with a four-shot margin.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 July 2025
Brian Harman got the best of the weather — surprising sunshine — and took dead aim in his hunt for another claret jug.
—Doug Ferguson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
First Division sides Coventry City and Southampton, and Aston Villa from the second tier, had sky blue, red, and claret and blue versions of Denmark’s kit that were exact copies.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 6 July 2025
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 July 2025
Brian Harman got the best of the weather — surprising sunshine — and took dead aim in his hunt for another claret jug.
—Doug Ferguson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
First Division sides Coventry City and Southampton, and Aston Villa from the second tier, had sky blue, red, and claret and blue versions of Denmark’s kit that were exact copies.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 6 July 2025
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“Claret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/claret. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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