a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750
a member of the Merovingian dynasty
mer-o-vin'ji-an, adj. pertaining to the first dynasty of Frankish kings in Gaul, named from Merwig, king of the western or Salian Franks (448-457), grandfather of Clovis.