Definition of basques Basques
/bæˈsks/ - [batsks] -
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What does basques mean?
Wiktionary 
- basques (Noun)
Plural of basque.
Part of speech
🔤- basques, noun, plural of basque.
WordNet
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| basque - a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain | ||
| european a native or inhabitant of Europe | ||
| french republic, france a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe | ||
| basque - the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- basque (a.)
Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language. - basque (n.)
One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France. - basque (n.)
The language spoken by the Basque people. - basque (n.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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basque
A language spoken mainly in the Basque Country. -
basque
Of or pertaining to the Basque Country, the Basque people. -
basque
Of the Basque language.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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basque
bask, adj. relating to the Basques, or their wonderful language, with its extreme variability of dialects—the only example of a consistently incorporating language.—n. a native of the Basque provinces: the distinctive language of the Basques: a kind of short-skirted jacket worn by women, a continuation of the bodice a little below the waist.—adj. Basqued (baskt), furnished with a basque.—n. Basq′uine, an outer petticoat worn by Basque and Spanish women. [Fr. Basque—Low L. Vasco, an inhabitant of Vasconia, whence Gascony. The Basques themselves call their tongue Eskuara, Euscara, whence the Fr. Euscarien.]
