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Gustave

American  
[guhs-tahv, gys-tav] / ˈgʌs tɑv, güsˈtav /

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “staff of God.”


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Since 2023 it has resulted in roughly 25-30 percent savings compared to the cost of heat provided by fossils fuels, says Ludovic Feron, head of the real estate infrastructure department at Gustave Eiffel University.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

In a well-reported case last year, a group of feminist artist-activists vandalised a 19th-Century painting of a woman's vulva by French artist Gustave Courbet, calling it misogynistic.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2026

But homosocial life in late-19th century Paris was the fascinating focus of this show, the first Los Angeles museum survey of Gustave Caillebotte’s paintings in 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

The Guggenheim Bilbao puts Frank Gehry, who died on Friday at age 96 , in the ranks of Gustave Eiffel and Antoni Gaudi, designers who will forever be known by one building.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

The young aristocrat and his friend Gustave de Beaumont had been dispatched by their government in 1831 with the specific mission of examining America’s rumored-to-be-innovative prisons.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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