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Meaning of GUSTAVUS

Pronunciation:  gu'steyvus

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  King of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)
  2. [n]  King of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
 
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 Synonyms: Gustavus Adolphus, Gustavus I, Gustavus II
 
 See Also: king, male monarch

 

 

 

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