Genoeseadj.n.
/dʒɛnəʊˈiːz/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Genoa.
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Mantuan1538
fustianapes1550
Milanese1569
Genoway1603
trebuler1606
Pavian1633
Parthenopean1661
Modenese1693
Livornese1699
Genoese1741
Viennese1780
Sienese1814
Torinese1864
Assisian1870
Ferrarese1881
Padovan1893
Triestine1905
1741 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 15 Feb. (1966) II. 226 A Genoese Abbé, who..is resolved never to return to Genoa.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 49 A Genoese, or a Venetian Republick, is a concealed Despotism.
1849 Art Jrnl. 11 45/2 One of those light-sailing Genoese boats.
1967 Times 22 Mar. 13/7 The last remaining vines of the Coronata valley which used to provide the exact white wine to accompany Genoese fish.
B. n.
1. In plural: The Genoese people. (†Formerly also plural Genoeses.) singular, a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
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Genowayc1400
Neapolitanc1425
Venetian1432
milliner1449
Milanese1484
Genevois1521
Genoeses1553
Pisan1559
Ferrarese1573
Florentine1591
Paduana1592
Amalfitan1600
Bergamask1602
Genovese1603
Genoan1608
Salernitan1608
Patavine1611
Vicentine1611
White Moors1617
Perugian1620
Genoesian1624
Lucchese1660
Veronese1673
Modenese1711
Pavian1712
Sienese1756
Patavinian1771
Livornese1789
Bolognese1818
Torinese1864
Assisian1870
Triestine1905
Luccan1911
Padovan1953
Cassinese1957
1553 N. Wotton Let. 27 Oct. (modernized text) in P. F. Tytler Eng. under Edward VI & Mary (1839) II. 252 It shall be time for the Genoeses to bestir themselves.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. v. f. 254v This Ile is gouerned by the Genueses.
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 290 No Age but will mention me, I having defeated the Genoeses, reduced Clodia, (or Chiozza) and delivered my Countrey from very great Dangers.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 321 The Genoese feel that they cannot withstand the imperial crown.
1905 Athenæum 8 Apr. 431/1 The Genoese who blames his Tuscanizing friend for saying ‘arimmetica’ in place of aritemetica.
1950 E. Whelpton By Italian Shores i. 20 Columbus, a Genoese of Jewish origin, discovered America, though he went there on behalf of the king of Spain.
2. The Genoese dialect.
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Genovese1603
Genoese1818
1818 W. Marsden tr. Trav. Marco Polo ii. lxxvii. 560 There is a diversity of dialect, similar to what is found between the Genoese, the Milanese, the Florentine, and the dialects of other Italian states.
1878 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 701/1 The dialects..of Upper Italy, including Genoese, Piedmontese, Venetian, Æmilian, and Lombard.
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