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Definition of Gallus
1. Noun. Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural).
Generic synonyms: Man's Clothing
Terms within: Shoulder Strap, Strap
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Derivative terms: Suspend
2. Noun. Common domestic birds and related forms.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Member holonyms: Domestic Fowl, Fowl, Poultry, Gallina, Jungle Fowl
Group relationships: Family Phasianidae, Phasianidae
Definition of Gallus
1. Adjective. Fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gallus
1. a suspender for trousers [n -ES] : GALLUSED [adj]
Medical Definition of Gallus
1. A genus of gallinaceous birds including Gallus domestica, the domestic chicken. Origin: L. Gallus, a cock (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallus
Literary usage of Gallus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Gallus wrote a treatise against it, and had to leave the city; services in the only
... For a time Gallus preached for Cruciger (who was ill) at Wittenberg, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"When the armies came in sight of each other, the soldiers of Gallus compared the
ignominious conduct of their sovereign with the glory of his rival. ..."
3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"When the armies came i» tight of each other, the soldiers of Gallus compared the
ignominious conduct of their sovereign with the glory of his rival They ..."
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