What does the word swiss mean?

Usage examples for swiss

  1. We were now close to Switzerland, and the landscape already wore a Swiss look. – Holidays in Eastern France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  2. The young Swiss had gone too. – Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. The royal family fled to the National Assembly for protection, while their Swiss guards vainly defended the palace with their lives. – A Short History of France by Mary Platt Parmele