poissarde
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/ˈpwasɑːd/
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/ˈpwasɑːd/ (UK) · /ˈpwasɑɹd/ (US)
Definition of poissarde
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)A fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution.
“[T]he destruction of the most ancient Empires on record has nothing more wonderful, nor of more sounding improbability, than the demolition of this Great Nation […] Even the Amazons were but the poissardes of the Day […].”
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Etymology
From French poissarde.
Words you can make from poissarde
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