"negus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈniːɡəs/ Forms: neguses [plural]
Etymology: Named from Colonel Francis Negus (died 1732), its creator. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} negus (countable and uncountable, plural neguses)
  1. A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Heads of state Translations (a drink): греяно вино (grejano vino) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Negus [masculine] (German), negus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-negus-en-noun-PLMgheVh Disambiguation of Heads of state: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈniːɡəs/ Forms: neguses [plural]
Etymology: 1590s, borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), itself a loan from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), from the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|am|ንጉሥ||king, ruler}} Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), {{bor|en|gez|ንጉሥ||king, ruler}} Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), {{m|gez|ነግሠ||rule}} ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} negus (plural neguses)
  1. (historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People Categories (place): Ethiopia Translations (king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)): ንጉሥ (nəguś) [masculine] (Amharic), نَجَاشِيّ (najāšiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), নাজাশি (najaśi) (Bengali), негус (negus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), neguso (Esperanto), négus [masculine] (French), négous [masculine] (French), ንጉሥ (nəguś) (Ge'ez), ნეგუსი (negusi) (Georgian), Negus [masculine] (German), नजाशी (najāśī) (Hindi), négus (Hungarian), negus [masculine] (Italian), negus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), negus [masculine] (Polish), negus [masculine] (Portuguese), negus [masculine] (Romanian), не́гус (négus) [masculine] (Russian), negus [masculine] (Spanish), ንጉስ (nəgus) (Tigrinya), nègus (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-negus-en-noun-DpbTa3Df Disambiguation of People: 11 89 Disambiguation of Ethiopia: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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      "roman": "negusi",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "word": "ნეგუსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Negus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "najāśī",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "word": "नजाशी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "word": "négus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "négus",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "не́гус"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "negus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "nəgus",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "word": "ንጉስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)",
      "word": "nègus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "negus"
}

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