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Swiss (n.)
1510s, from French Suisse, from Middle High German Suizer, from Suiz "Switzerland" (see Switzerland and compare Switzer (1570s), archaic word for "a Swiss," and German Schweiz). As an adjective from 1520s. Swiss banks were notable for assuring anonymity and security by 1949. Swiss cheese is attested from 1808; as a type of something full of holes, from 1924.
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Definitions of Swiss
Dictionary entries near Swiss
swinish
swipe
swirl
swirly
swish
Swiss
switch
switchable
switchback
switchblade
switchboard