Habsburg

//ˈhæps.bɜːɹɡ// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Habsburg noble family.

    "Did European royals sometimes intermarry? Yes. There are a couple of examples of that. The Habsburgs are not beating the allegations."

  2. 2
    a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806 wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the Habsburg family and dynasty. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland.
  2. 2
    A Swabian noble family named after it, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Austria, at times other countries (mainly in Iberia and the former Burgundian territories) and supplied successive (elected) emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.

Synonyms

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Example

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"For more than eight hundred years now, German settlers, mainly from the region of the Moselle and Rhine, have lived in Transylvania under the rule of Hungarian kings, the Habsburg empire and Ceaușescu’s communism."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Habsburg, according to legend from Habichtsburg (“hawk's castle”) (Habicht (“hawk”) + Burg (“castle”)).

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