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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

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

Whether French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte was gay is not known, although it is frequently noted that he never married.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

"Followed by her ladies-of-honor and the Royal Fashion Minister, Gustave du Polignac."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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