| gustavus | (n) king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792), Syn. Gustavus III |
| gustavus | (n) king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632), Syn. Gustavus Adolphus, Gustavus II |