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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Example Sentences

Dr. Alice W. Flaherty, a Harvard neurologist, examines the lives of artists known for their deep eccentricities—her list includes Vincent van Gogh, Gustave Flaubert, Edgar Allan Poe and Sylvia Plath—to illuminate the neurological basis of creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Retired four-star Army Gen. Gustave Perna, a logistics expert, joined the company’s board in March and retired Army Brig.

From The Wall Street Journal

Greens member of parliament Steevy Gustave said he felt like a "robot" repeating the same thing every day.

From Barron's

He has approvingly quoted Gustave Flaubert’s line that by “gazing down into the black pit at one’s feet, one remains calm.”

From The Wall Street Journal

From the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in Paris, we see documentation associated with Gustave Eiffel’s winning competition entry celebrating French engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal