Basque
[bæsk;bɑːsk] or [bæsk]
Definition
(noun.) the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language.
(noun.) a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain.
Typist: Waldo--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
(n.) One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
(n.) The language spoken by the Basque people.
(n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.
Checker: Rudolph
Definition
adj. relating to the Basques or their wonderful language with its extreme variability of dialects—the only example of a consistently incorporating language.—n. a native of the Basque provinces: the distinctive language of the Basques: a kind of short-skirted jacket worn by women a continuation of the bodice a little below the waist.—adj. Basqued (baskt) furnished with a basque.—n. Basq′uine an outer petticoat worn by Basque and Spanish women.
Edited by ELLA
Examples
- Ancient remains point to a much wider distribution of the Basque speech and people over Spain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Basque newspapers have been published in the Argentine and in the United States to supply groups of prosperous emigrants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Johnston, to the Basque-Caucasian-Dravidian (! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The earliest French settlers in Canada were Basque, and Basque names are frequent among the French Canadians to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Only the Basque resisted the conquering Aryan speech. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He knew the Basque country, Navarre, Aragon, Galicia, the two Castiles and Estremadura well. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- One language group that has been keenly discussed is the Basque group of dialects. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Morton