2. Noun. (plural of negus) ¹
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Definition of Neguses
1. negus [n] - See also: negus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neguses
Literary usage of Neguses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"... jellies, neguses, barley-sugar temples, trifles, crackers—cat all you can ami
pocket what you like —all at Old ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... or have given themselves", the title of negus or king, so that on occasion as
many as three, or even more, neguses have been reigning at the same time; ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1903)
"... usually reserved for the Deity, but merely that there are several Neguses or
Kings in Abyssinia. He is their feudal chief; King of the Kings of Ethiopia ..."
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