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Gustavus

gus·ta·vus

US/ˈɡʌstʌvʌs/ uncommon

noun

1.

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)

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2.

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

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Borrowed from Latin Gustavus. From Swedish Gustav.

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