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- proper noun A male
given name .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It all began in 1887 when a dedicated chemist by the name of Gustave Sennelier founded the art supplies store Maison Sennelier in Paris.
Hayley Griffith: Maison Sennelier: Color Inspiration From Paris Hayley Griffith 2011
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It all began in 1887 when a dedicated chemist by the name of Gustave Sennelier founded the art supplies store Maison Sennelier in Paris.
Hayley Griffith: Maison Sennelier: Color Inspiration From Paris Hayley Griffith 2011
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â⠂ ¬Å But right now, Francois and I have to go to your cousin Gustaveâ⠂ ¬â „ ¢s studio to pick up some painting that my father commissioned him to do.
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â⠂ ¬Å Yes, it is in Gustave de Barbaracâ⠂ ¬â „ ¢s artist studio, downstairs in the basement.
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â⠂ ¬Å So this is where you are hiding out, in Gustaveâ⠂ ¬â „ ¢s studio?
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Cited in Gustave Geoffroy, Charles Meryon (Paris, 1926), pp. 125-126.
Notes 2001
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She's now married to Raoul de Chagny and together they have a ten year old son called Gustave, who also come with her to the island, and that's all that Webber would say on the plot, even when pressed.
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“There was one fisherman who sometimes came and whistled in the alley, a chap called Gustave …”
Storm in the Channel Simenon, Georges 1977
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In the twinkling of an eye the human rag called Gustave was lifted into a chair, clothed in his topcoat and hat, dressed and spruced up, pushed down the spiral staircase, and landed in a cab.
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In the twinkling of an eye the human rag called Gustave was lifted into a chair, clothed in his topcoat and hat, dressed and spruced up, pushed down the spiral staircase, and landed in a cab.
A Romance of Youth — Complete Fran��ois Copp��e 1875
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