Poissarde
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpwasɑːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Poissarde is a noun meaning (now historical) A fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution.
Meaning
(now historical) A fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution.
Example Sentences
[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 […].
Word Forms
- poissardes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fishwife, fishwoman, fishfag, fish, poissonier, fishmongress.
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