gustavus

1. 1.

   the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)

   SynonymsGustavus VI

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2. 2.

   king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)

   SynonymsGustavus V

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3. 3.

   king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)

   SynonymsGustavus IV

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4. 4.

   king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)

   SynonymsGustavus III

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5. 5.

   king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)

   SynonymsGustavus IIGustavus Adolphus

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6. 6.

   king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)

   SynonymsGustavus I

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Other forms of gustavus

plural

gustavuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gustavus

What does gustavus mean?

gustavus means "the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gustavus?

gustavus has 3 syllables: gus-ta-vus. The stress falls on "gus". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌstəvəs/.

What is another word for gustavus?

Close synonyms include Gustavus VI, Gustavus V, Gustavus IV, Gustavus III, Gustavus II. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gustavus a common word?

gustavus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.