basque Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
  2. noun the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language

WordNet


Basque adjective
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
Basque noun
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
  2. The language spoken by the Basque people.
  3. A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.

Webster 1913