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- proper noun An
inhabitant or aresident ofGenoa .
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Examples
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It is stated that the Sumter has been seen in Genoese waters, a few leagues off the port.
Capture by the Confederate Ship Sumter of Two Federal Merchant Barques off Gibraltar 1862
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All attempts at conciliation on the part of Paoli proving useless, Matra and his adherents rose in arms, and, calling the Genoese to their aid, it was only after a long and bloody struggle, and some sharp defeats, that Paoli and the Nationals were able to crush the insurrection; Matra falling, after fighting desperately, in the battle which terminated the war.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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On Rusticiano (who is mistakenly called a Genoese by Ramusio), see
Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914
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But the Genoese was a man who became more firmly wedded to his opinion in proportion as it met with ridicule and opposition; proofs he had none of the truth of his pet idea; but he clung to it with a doggedness which must greatly have exasperated his interlocutors.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890
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Their reply to the Genoese was a sudden step forward, and a sharp, determined twang of their bow-strings.
Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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The Genoese are a cunning and industrious People, with a great gusto for the Arts, but terrible Thieves.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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Against the Genoese, which is still maintained 470
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Yes, I will say; yes, Genoese, that is Lavagna; and that
The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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Yes, I will say; yes, Genoese, that is Lavagna; and that
Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782
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Briton born with an abhorrence at tyranny, talked with violence against the Genoese, Paoli said with a moderation and candour which ought to do him honour even with the republick, "It is true the Genoese are our enemies; but let us not forget that they are the descendants of those worthies who carried their arms beyond the Hellespont."
Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica James Boswell 1767
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