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  negus

  noun

  a title of Ethiopian royalty.
• Negus
  Negus

  noun

  a title of the emperor of Ethiopia

negus

¹ American  

[nee-guhs] / ˈni gəs /

noun

plural

neguses

1. a title of Ethiopian royalty.

2. (initial capital letter) the Emperor of Ethiopia.

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negus ² American  

[nee-guhs] / ˈni gəs /

noun

1. a beverage made of wine and hot water, with sugar, nutmeg, and lemon.

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Negus ¹ British  

/ ˈniːɡəs /

noun

1. a title of the emperor of Ethiopia

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negus ² British  

/ ˈniːɡəs /

noun

1. a hot drink of port and lemon juice, usually spiced and sweetened

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Etymology

Origin of negus¹

1585–95; < Amharic nəgus king < Geez, participle of nägŝä to reign

Origin of negus²

1735–45; after Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), Englishman who invented it

Example Sentences

“Oh, it is no trouble; I dare say your own hands are almost numbed with cold. Leah, make a little hot negus and cut a sandwich or two: here are the keys of the storeroom.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

What people drink at such times comes to nothing,—just a little negus and lemonade.

From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony

If you were not dancing you ought to be playing cards, making love, drinking negus, or exchanging good stories with some motherly, fat, old lady, too heavy for a reel, too stupid for loo.

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James

Ellis declined the negus, but, rejoicing in any safe and honest protection, entreated that Mr Tedman would have the goodness to order one of his servants to see her home.

From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

Old Miss Macan upset my markers, drank my negus, and then fainted off herself, with a face like an apothecary's rose.'

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James