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Basque noun 1 a member of a people living in the western Pyrenees, in Spain and France. 2 the language spoken by these people, that is unrelated to any other European language. adj belonging or relating to the Basque people or their language • Basque nationalism.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: French, from Latin Vasco.
basque noun 1 a tight-fitting bodice for women, often with a continuation below the waist to the hips, worn either as an undergarment or as a lightweight top. Compare body noun 13, bustier1. 2 a continuation of a bodice extending below the waist. 3 a similar area on a skirt, to which pleats or gathers are often attached. 4 a short-skirted jacket.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c, originally in sense 2, applying to a man's waistcoat: from Basque.
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