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NEGUS . (1) The See also:title of a See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king or ruler (Amharic negus or n'gus), in See also:Abyssinia (q.v.); the full title of the See also:emperor is negus nagasti, " king of See also:kings." (2) The name of a drink made of See also:wine, most commonly See also:port, mixed with hot See also:water, spiced and sugared. According to See also:Malone (See also:Life of See also:Dryden, See also:Prose See also:Works, i. 484) this drink was invented by a See also:Colonel See also:Francis Negus (d. 1732), who was See also:commissioner for executing the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:master of the See also:horse from 1717 to 1727, when he became master of the buckhounds.
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