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noyades

noyades is the plural of noyade.

Meaning of noyade

Noun

noyade (plural noyades)

  1. (historical) A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
    • By degrees, daylight itself witnesses Noyades: women and men are tied together, feet and feet, hands and hands; and flung in: this they call Mariage Républicain, Republican Marriage.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

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What is noyades the plural of?
Noyades is the plural of noyade.

Words near noyades in the dictionary

  1. noxytiolin
  2. noy
  3. noy-noying
  4. noyade
  5. noyaded
  6. noyades
  7. noyading
  8. Noyal-Pontivy
  9. noyan
  10. noyance
  11. noyances

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