Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Basque"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Basque \Basque\, a. [F.]
Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Basque \Basque\, n. [F.]
1. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on
the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
2. The language spoken by the Basque people.
3. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Basque
n 1: a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western
Pyrenees in France and Spain [syn: {Basque}]
2: the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to
any other language [syn: {Basque}]
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