gosu
/ˈɡoʊsuː/noun, adjective
gosu is a noun meaning “A person of great skill; master; expert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-S-U, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of gosu is gosus.
What does gosu mean?
noun
- 1
rareA person of great skill; master; expert.
adjective
- 1
rareExceptional in skill; elite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gosu?
- /ˈɡoʊsuː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gosu
- gosus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gosu?
Gosu appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does gosu come from?
Borrowed from Korean 고수(高手) (gosu), literally "high hand". In English, the term is often used as an adjective in contrast to the original use as a noun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).