ANGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Angus mean? 

• ANGUS (noun)
  The noun ANGUS has 2 senses:

1. Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women

2. black hornless breed from Scotland

  Familiarity information: ANGUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aengus; Angus; Angus Og; Oengus

Instance hypernyms:

Celtic deity (a deity worshipped by the Celts)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Black hornless breed from Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aberdeen Angus; Angus; black Angus

Hypernyms ("Angus" is a kind of...):

beef; beef cattle (cattle that are reared for their meat)

 Context examples 

Sir Oliver and you, my Lord Angus, I give you the right wing, and the left to you, Sir Simon, and to you, Sir Richard Causton.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Do you take charge of the right; I will hold the centre, and you, my Lord of Angus, the left.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You say very truly,” cried the Earl of Angus.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Or you, my Lord of Angus?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Nor for the honor of Scotland either,” cried the Earl of Angus.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir Nigel had with him Sir William Felton, Sir Oliver Buttesthorn, stout old Sir Simon Burley, the Scotch knight-errant, the Earl of Angus, and Sir Richard Causton, all accounted among the bravest knights in the army, together with sixty veteran men-at-arms, and three hundred and twenty archers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nay, said the Earl of Angus, it is not so certain; for the peasant with whom we spoke last night said that it was rumored that Don Tello, the Spanish king's brother, had ridden with six thousand chosen men to beat up the prince's camp.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here also were the valiant Earl of Angus, Sir Thomas Banaster with his garter over his greave, Sir Nele Loring, second cousin to Sir Nigel, and a long column of Welsh footmen who marched under the red banner of Merlin.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)