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guise definition

guise (gīz)

noun

  1. Archaic
    1. manner or way
    2. customary behavior, manner, or carriage
  2. manner of dress; garb
  3. outward aspect; semblance
  4. a false or deceiving appearance; pretense under the guise of friendship

Etymology: ME gise < OFr guise < OHG wisa, way, manner, akin to wise

Guise1 definition

Guise (gēz)

noun

name of a Fr. ducal family of the 16th & 17th cent.
Guise2 definition

Guise (gēz)

  1. Guise, François de Lorraine (frän swȧ′ də lō̂ ren′) 2d Duc de Guise 1519-63; Fr. statesman
  2. (gēz)
    Guise, Henri de Lorraine (än rē′) 3d Duc de Guise 1550-88; Fr. statesman: son of François

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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