Genevese
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Geneva + -ese. Compare Genevan, Genevian, Genevois.
Noun[edit]
Genevese (plural Geneveses or Genevese)
- A native or inhabitant of Geneva. [from 17th c.]
- 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC, page 39:
- I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
Adjective[edit]
Genevese (comparative more Genevese, superlative most Genevese)