Gustavus

Gustavus
noun
1. the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)
• Syn: ↑Gustavus VI
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑king, ↑male monarch, ↑Rex
2. king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)
• Syn: ↑Gustavus V
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑king, ↑male monarch, ↑Rex
3. king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)
• Syn: ↑Gustavus IV
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑king, ↑male monarch, ↑Rex
4. king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)
• Syn: ↑Gustavus III
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑king, ↑male monarch, ↑Rex
5. king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑king, ↑male monarch, ↑Rex
6. king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)
• Syn: ↑Gustavus I
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑king, ↑male monarch, ↑Rex

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/gu stay"veuhs, -stah"-/, n.
a male given name, Latinized form of Gustave.

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  • Gustavus II — (Gustavus Adolphus) ( Lion of the North ) 1594 1632, king of Sweden 1611 32: national military hero (grandson of Gustavus I). * * * …   Universalium

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  • GUSTAVUS I — GUSTAVUS I. Sueciae Rex dictus Ericsonius: qui a Christierno II. captus, A. C. 1518. sub venationis praetextu liber, in Sueciam se recepit. Interim, Stenone victo, Christiernus Holmiae coronatus est, A. C. 1520. quo ob saevitiam pulso, Gustavus… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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