Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name.

Etymologies

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French form of Swedish royal name Gustav, traditionally explained ( even by King Gustav I Vasa himself) as Swedish göt+staf "staff of the Geats ( southern Swedes )". But there is no such name in Old Norse and Gustav is more probably a Swedish rendering of Old Polish Gostislav, Slavonic gost' "guest" + slava "glory".

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Interlude 2 – The Revenge Chapter 4 2002

  • â⠂ ¬Å Yes, it is in Gustave de Barbaracâ⠂ ¬â „ ¢s artist studio, downstairs in the basement.

    Interlude2 – The Revenge Chapter 7 2002

  • â⠂ ¬Å So this is where you are hiding out, in Gustaveâ⠂ ¬â „ ¢s studio?

    Interlude 2 – The Revenge Chapter 6 2002

  • Cited in Gustave Geoffroy, Charles Meryon (Paris, 1926), pp. 125-126.

    Notes 2001

  • 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.

    Filmstalker: The Phantom of the Opera sequel revealed 2009

  • “There was one fisherman who sometimes came and whistled in the alley, a chap called Gustave …”

    Storm in the Channel Simenon, Georges 1977

  • 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.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • 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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