Genoese

[ jen-oh-eez, -ees ]

/ ˌdʒɛn oʊˈiz, -ˈis /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.

noun, plural Gen·o·ese.

a native or inhabitant of Genoa.

Also Gen·o·vese

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

Origin of Genoese

First recorded in 1545–55; geno(a) + -ese

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Examples from the Web for genoese

Between sixteen thousand and eighteen thousand French and Genoese were killed, either cut down on deck or drowned.
The Day the Sea Ran Red: The Battle of Sluys|Dan Jones|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nissa, which became Nizza under the rule of the Genoese and of the Savoyards, had nothing of the provincial about it.
J. M.G. Le Clézio on His Birthplace|Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio|April 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella learned of the Genoese explorer's success not from his own pen, but from the mouth of Santangel.
Columbus' Forgotten Patron|Mitchell Kaplan|October 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He applied to the Genoese, who rejected his scheme as impracticable; then to Portugal; then to Spain.
Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia|Various

After which the Fortress of Chioggia is disclosed, with a bivouac of the Genoese garrison.
Punch Volume 102, May 28, 1892|Various
Who dare reproach the Genoese Calvin for burning the physician Servetus at the stake?
Human, All Too Human|Friedrich Nietzsche
A dispute as to an alleged Venetian corsair captured by the Genoese ended in a riot.
Venice and its Story|Thomas Okey
Soon the Venetians, and their neighbours the Genoese, monopolised the commerce of the Mediterranean.
Man on the Ocean|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for genoese

Genoese

Genovese (ˌdʒɛnəˈviːz)

/ (ˌdʒɛnəʊˈiːz) /

noun plural -ese or -vese

a native or inhabitant of Genoa

adjective

of or relating to Genoa or its inhabitants

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