GUEUX

Date "GUEUX" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Specialty Definition: GUEUX

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Literature	Gueux Les Gueux. The ragamuffins. A nickname assumed by the first revolutionists of Holland in 1665. It arose thus: When the Duchess of Parma made inquiry about them of Count Berlaymont, he told her they were "the scum and offscouring of the people" (les gueux). This being made public, the party took the name in defiance, and from that moment dressed like beggars, substituted a fox's tail in lieu of a feather, and a wooden platter instead of a brooch. They met at a public-house which had for its sign a cock crowing these worde, Vive les Gueux par tout le monde! (See Motley. Dutch Republic, ii. 6.) The word gueux was, of course, not invented by Berlaymont, but only applied by him to the deputation referred to. In Spain, long before, those who opposed the Inquisition were so called. N.B. The revolters of Guienne assumed the name of Eaters, those of Normandy Barefoot; those of Beausse and Soulogne Wooden-pattens, and in the French Revolution the most violent were termed Sansculottes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: GUEUX

Non-English Usage: "GUEUX" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (beggar, ragamuffin, wretch).

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Modern Usage: GUEUX

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Movie/TV Titles

Les Gueux au paradis (1945)

Le Coeur des gueux (1925)

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Photo Album: GUEUX

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	Les Gueux. / L. Boilly G. lith. de Delpech. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GUEUX

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
gueux	2
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Anagrams: GUEUX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-u-u-x"
	-3 letters: ex, xu.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-u-u-x"
	+3 letters: exiguous.
	+5 letters: exiguously.
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