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A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.

n the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. Milton. Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. Pope.

See Army organization, Switzerland.

A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland. [Obs.]

mall copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral.

muse. Addison. Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation. Burke.

See Legislature, Switzerland.

Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.

A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland. Chalets are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. Wordsworth.

enactments, or those which convey a faculty, or permission; the facultative referendum of Switzerland is one that is optional with the people and is necessary only when demanded by petition; facultative studies; -- opposed to obligatory and compulsory, and sometimes used with to.

ordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.

The chief city of Switzerland. Geneva Bible, a translation of the Bible into English, made and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the firs…

Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese.

Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. -- n. sing. & pl.

with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland.

'' (Gruyère, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkäse.

A Swiss; a Switzer.

Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.