geus

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (feminine, historical, in-plural, masculine) a supporter of the insurrectionist faction in the Spanish Netherlands, who became the enemies of the Spanish crown, formalised in 1566 (originally a polemic insult, but soon reappropriated)
2. (archaic, feminine, masculine) any one of the Protestants in the Low Countries, in particular of a Reformed tradition, especially as opposed to Catholics

Adj

1. (not-comparable) belonging or related to the faction of the geuzen (sense 1 above)
2. (archaic, not-comparable) Protestant

Conceptos

protestante

Sinónimos

gieteling

Traducciones

pig

🐖

protestantisch

Massel

προτεσταντικός

hog

randy

sow

swine

gueux

protestant

gueuse

Gueux

gueuse-mère

lingotto

protestante

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɣøːs/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle French gueux (“beggar”), from Middle Dutch guyte (“rascal, good-for-nothing, freeloader”). Doublet of guit.