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• a variation of Genevan.

Genevese

American  

[jen-uh-veez, -vees] / ˌdʒɛn əˈviz, -ˈvis /

noun

• Genevese
  plural

1. a native or inhabitant of Geneva, Switzerland.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Geneva, Switzerland.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Genevese
  plural

Example Sentences

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Genevese

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

Here is Rocca's indignant speech to Lord Byron, who was abusing the stupidity of the Genevese.

From A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Ritchie, Anne Thackeray

A Genevese, an excellent calculator, as are all his countrymen, many years ago valued as follows the yearly profit derived by the above functionary from his situation:—   Francs.

From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous

We were simply very bourgeois; we practised the good old Genevese principle of not sacrificing to appearances. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry

Thus a legal tie between Geneva and two of the Swiss cantons was established, while the duke did not any longer venture to annoy the Genevese, as he clung to his fine barony of Vaud.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various