Gustavus Adolphus

British  

/ əˈdɒlfəs /

noun

1. 1594–1632, king of Sweden (1611–32). A brilliant general, he waged successful wars with Denmark, Russia, and Poland and in the Thirty Years' War led a Protestant army against the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Empire (1630–32). He defeated Tilly at Leipzig (1631) and Lech (1632) but was killed at the battle of Lützen

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Example Sentences

Episodes like these occur too regularly, said Jon Grinnell, associate professor of biology and a bison expert at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Meyer, who still has shrapnel in his thigh that continues to cause him occasional pain, was scheduled to receive it in a ceremony at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

Nathan Baring is an environmental student activist on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus in St. Peter.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2019

Seeking her path: Boda earned a degree in Asian studies and Spanish from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2018

But in the hour of greatest distress help appeared in the person of Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden.

From Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history by Just, Gustav