frogeater
frogeater noun: a French person.
Noun
frogeater (plural frogeaters)
- A French person.
- Of a great Institution like Smithfield, [the French] are unable to form the least conception. A Beast Market in the heart of Paris would be regarded an impossible nuisance. Nor have they any notion of slaughter-houses in the midst of a city. One of these benighted frog-eaters would scarcely...1851, Charles Dickens, A Monument of French Folly
- Sir Andrew Ffoulkes is a gallant gentleman, you may take your Bible oath on that, but he that fights the murdering frogeaters single-handed is he whom they call The Scarlet Pimpernel: the bravest gentleman in all the world.1908, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Elusive Pimpernel
Forms of frogeater
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Origin of frogeater
From frog + eater, after the French custom of eating frog legs. Attested since at least the 18th century.
Questions about frogeater
- What does frogeater mean?
- Frogeater means a French person.
- What part of speech is frogeater?
- Frogeater is a noun.
- What is the plural of frogeater?
- The plural of frogeater is frogeaters.
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