Guinness
/ˈɡɪnɪs/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A serving of the beverage.
"Three Guinnesses please, barman."
- 2 a kind of bitter stout wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Irish. countable
- 2 A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it. uncountable
- 3 Guinness World Records.
Example
More examples"You could get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest drinker."
Etymology
An Anglicization of an Irish patronymic surname based on Angus.