gustavus

Noun gustavus has 6 senses

• gustavus(n = noun.person) gustavus vi - the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973); Array
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex

• gustavus(n = noun.person) gustavus v - king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950); Array
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex

• gustavus(n = noun.person) gustavus iv - king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837); Array
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex

• gustavus(n = noun.person) gustavus iii - king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792); Array
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex

• gustavus(n = noun.person) gustavus adolphus, gustavus ii - king 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); Array
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex

• gustavus(n = noun.person) gustavus i - king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560); Array
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex