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Definition of Basque

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.

Definition of Basque

1. a. Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.

2. n. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

Definition of Basque

1. Proper noun. The language of the Basque people. ¹

2. Noun. A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain. ¹

3. Adjective. Relative to the Basque people or their language. ¹

4. Noun. The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist. ¹

5. Noun. A woman's close-fitting bodice having such a feature; a corset. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basque

1. a bodice [n -S] - See also: bodice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basque

Basidiomycotina Basij Basil of Caesarea Basil the Great Basilicata Basiliscus Basingstoke Baskerville Basket Maker Basketo

Baskin-Robbins Basle Basle Nomina Anatomica Basotho Basque (current term) Basque Country Basque Fatherland and Liberty Basque Homeland and Freedom Basque Shepherd Dog Basque Shepherd Dogs

Basques Basquish Basra

Literary usage of Basque

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Zincali: Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original by George Henry Borrow (1843)
"I continued for a few days without a domestic, at the end of which time I hired a certain Cantabrian or Basque, a native of the village of Hernani, ..."

2. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"The Basque indeed may be said to be almost a vowel language, the number of ... Here follow a few specimens of Basque words with the Sanscrit roots in ..."

3. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human by Arthur James Johnes (1846)
"The following specimens of the Basque, which have been introduced in illustration of the previous statement, at p. xxxv, include nearly all those words ..."

4. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1904)
"Basque tombstones in Newfoundland* have a certain antiquarian interest, and Bishop Howley records all that as yet is known respecting the only material ..."

5. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1866)
"After a careful comparison of the Basque with the principal European and Oriental ... Among traits common to the Georgian and Basque are the absence of ..."

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