HyperDic: gustavus_adolphus

English > 1 sense of the expression Gustavus Adolphus:
NOUNperson Gustavus Adolphus, Gustavus, Gustavus IIking of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power
English > Gustavus Adolphus: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaningking of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632).
SynonymsGustavus, Gustavus II
Instance ofking, male monarch, RexA male sovereign

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