Negus (drink)

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For the main but unrelated use, as an Ethiopian title, see negus

Negus is the name of a drink made of wine, most commonly port, mixed with hot water, spiced and sugared. According to Malone (Life of Dryden, Prose Work. i - p. 484) this drink was invented by a British Colonel at the British royal court, Francis Negus (commissioner for executing the office of master of the horse from 1717 to 1727, then master of the buckhounds, died 1732)

Negus is referred to in Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, when Jane drinks it on arrival at Thornfield Hall.

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• Negus recipe, The Great British Kitchen, retrieved November 13, 2006

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.