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neguses

neguses is the plural of negus.

Meaning of negus

Noun (1)

negus (countable and uncountable, plural neguses)

  1. A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
    • And when he got home he had a glass of hot negus in his wife's sitting-room, and read the last number of the “Little Dorrit” of the day with great inward satisfaction.1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers. […], copyright edition, volume II, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1859, →OCLC, page 219

Noun (2)

negus (plural neguses)

  1. (historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.
    • Sir, the Negus of Ethiopia is here in person; and this is the day of our death, doe what you can to saue your selfe, for my part I meane here to die1614 Samuel Purchas, Purchas his pilgrimes. part 2 In fiue bookes, Chap. V. The Voyage of Sir FRANCIS ALVAREZ, a Portugall Priest, made vnto the Court of PRETE IANNI, the great Christian Emperour of...

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Noun capitalized: Neguses

Neguses

  1. (plural) plural of Negus

Questions about neguses

What is neguses the plural of?
Neguses is the plural of negus.
What part of speech is neguses?
Neguses is a noun.

Words near neguses in the dictionary

  1. negs
  2. negundo
  3. negundos
  4. negundoside
  5. negus
  6. neguses
  7. NEH
  8. Neh.
  9. Neha
  10. nehallewars
  11. Nehantic

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