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GUSTAVUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

King of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)

Synonyms:

Gustavus; Gustavus I

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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)

Synonyms:

Gustavus; Gustavus Adolphus; Gustavus II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Sense 3

Meaning:

King of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)

Synonyms:

Gustavus; Gustavus III

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Sense 4

Meaning:

King of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)

Synonyms:

Gustavus; Gustavus IV

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Sense 5

Meaning:

King of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)

Synonyms:

Gustavus; Gustavus V

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)

Synonyms:

Gustavus; Gustavus VI

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

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