- a variation of Genevan.
Genevese
Americannoun
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Genevese
plural
adjective
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He was driven from France for his political theories, abdicated his Genevese citizenship, fled to England under the protection of "turtle-eating alderman" David Hume.
From Time Magazine Archive
We’re to call upon some Genevese friends—the family of the Pasteur Galopin.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
"The Genevese are strongly individualistic, and yet, unfortunately, we rarely find among them a strong individuality."
From The Forerunners by Romain Rolland
J. E. Liotard, an enamel of great value, and fifteen pastels by the Genevese painter, J. E. Liotard, to which Mme.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
A Genevese, he settled in England in 1606, and was regarded as the highest authority in mental and nervous affections.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Daniel Hack Tuke
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