gustavus : Idioms & Phrases
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gustavus adolphus
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noun 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)
Gustavus; Gustavus Adolphus.
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gustavus franklin swift
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noun United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
Swift.
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gustavus i
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noun king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)
Gustavus.
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gustavus ii
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noun 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)
Gustavus; Gustavus Adolphus.
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gustavus iii
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noun king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)
Gustavus.
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gustavus iv
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noun king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)
Gustavus.
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gustavus v
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noun king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)
Gustavus.
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gustavus vi
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noun the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)
Gustavus.
