BASQUE

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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.

3.
n.

The language spoken by the Basque people.

4.
n.

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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