geus

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣøːs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: geus
  • Rhymes: -øːs

Etymology 1

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From Middle French gueux (beggar), from Middle Dutch guyte (rascal, good-for-nothing, freeloader). Doublet of guit.

Noun

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geus m or f (plural geuzen, diminutive geusje n or geuske n)

  1. (historical, chiefly in the plural) a supporter of the insurrectionist faction in the Spanish Netherlands, who became the enemies of the Spanish crown, formalised in 1566 (originally a polemic insult, but soon reappropriated)
  2. (now rare) any one of the Protestants in the Low Countries, in particular of a Reformed tradition, especially as opposed to Catholics
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: Geus

Adjective

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geus (not comparable)

  1. belonging or related to the faction of the geuzen (sense 1 above)
  2. (archaic, now rare) Protestant
Declension
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Declension of geus
uninflected geus
inflected geuze
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial geus
indefinite m./f. sing. geuze
n. sing. geus
plural geuze
definite geuze
partitive geus
Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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Shortened form of geuzelambiek, named after the rue des Gueux in Brussels where it was first brewed.

Noun

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geus m (plural geuzen, diminutive geusje n or geuske n)

  1. Synonym of geuzelambiek

Etymology 3

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Shortened form of geuzenvlag.

Noun

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geus f (plural geuzen, diminutive geusje n)

  1. jack (a small type of flag, flown at a ship's bowsprit); originally a geuzenvlag

References

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  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]