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Negus

//ˈniːɡəs// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname of unknown derivation.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of negus (“Ethiopian ruler”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar. countable, uncountable

    "And when he got home he had a glass of hot negus in his wife's sitting-room, and read the last number of the “Little Dorrit” of the day with great inward satisfaction."

  3. 3
    A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974. historical

    "Sir, the Negus of Ethiopia is here in person; and this is the day of our death, doe what you can to saue your selfe, for my part I meane here to die"

  4. 4
    wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named from Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), its creator.

Etymology 2

1590s, borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), itself a loan from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), from the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”).

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