Basque

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Basque \Basque\ (b[.a]sk), a. [F.]
     Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Basque \Basque\ (b[.a]sk), n. [F.]
     1. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on
        the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
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     2. The language spoken by the Basque people.
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     3. A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short
        skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress
        came from the Basques.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Basque
       n 1: a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western
            Pyrenees in France and Spain
       2: the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to
          any other language