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  Huss

  noun

  John, 1369?–1415, Czech religious reformer and martyr.
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  huss

  noun

  the flesh of the European dogfish, when used as food

Huss

American  

[huhs, hoos] / hʌs, hʊs /

Or Hus

noun

1. John, 1369?–1415, Czech religious reformer and martyr.

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Huss ¹ British  

/ hʌs /

noun

1. John, Czech name Jan Hus. ?1372–1415, Bohemian religious reformer. Influenced by Wycliffe, he anticipated the Reformation in denouncing doctrines and abuses of the Church. His death at the stake precipitated the Hussite wars in Bohemia and Moravia

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huss ² British  

/ hʌs /

noun

1. the flesh of the European dogfish, when used as food

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Etymology

Origin of huss

C15 husk, huske, C16 huss : of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

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“It is hard to grasp these melt rates and it hurts to see the ice disappearing,” said Matthias Huss, head of the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Huss said Switzerland had already lost 1,200 glaciers in the past 50 years, and there now only 1,300 left.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

"This is one of the glaciers that I observed, and now it's completely gone," says Dr Huss.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

Toby Huss takes over the remainder of the season.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2025

Soon after John Mayer put on the Space Task Group jersey, Carl Huss and Ted Skopinski followed suit, making Katherine the natural inheritor of the research report that would describe Project Mercury’s orbital flight.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The boy mustn’t leave this huss till he’s had his fill;” and the tears came into her large blue eyes.

From The Cabin on the Prairie by C. H. (Charles Henry) Pearson

When he tried to harness the horse on our little farm he 7 said to the horse: “You, good huss, just open your face now and take in your harness.”

From Letters of the Motor Girl by Ethellyn Gardner

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