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Definition of Genovese
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants. "The Genoese sailor we call Columbus"
Definition of Genovese
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Genoa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genovese
Literary usage of Genovese
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"The Greek Church testifies its independence of Rome by keeping to the latter,
which now differs twelve days from the new. Genovese, Genoese ; lo Genovese, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Also called Genoa velvet. H. n. sing, and pi. An inhabitant or a native, or the
people, of Genoa. Also Genovese. genouillère ..."
3. Landscapes of Sicily by Peter Amann (2001)
"The entrance to the cave lies at Punta del Genovese, a limestone rock rising ...
The Grotta del Genovese itself is locked and can be visited only in company ..."
4. Russian Organized Crime in the United States: Hearing Before the Permanent by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"So the Genovese family had a branch in the gasoline business also, with their own
... What I did was I reached out for the Genovese family; I met with them, ..."
5. Overtones: A Book of Temperaments: Richard Strauss, Parsifal, Verdi, Balzac by James Huneker (1904)
"That is why he pays Genovese so handsomely. Genovese is the only tenor whose
voice sometimes coincides exactly with mine. Either we do really approach that ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... dur, and Genovese diiu, duro; Turinese and Genovese, «£w, and Milanese mee,
... in various fashions : Piedmontese and Lombard dec, died; Genovese due-, ..."
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