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poissardes

poissardes is the plural of poissarde.

Meaning of poissarde

Noun

poissarde (plural poissardes)

  1. (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 […].1789, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 295

Questions about poissardes

What is poissardes the plural of?
Poissardes is the plural of poissarde.

Words near poissardes in the dictionary

  1. poisonwoods
  2. poisony
  3. Poissant
  4. Poissants
  5. poissarde
  6. poissardes
  7. Poisson
  8. Poisson distribution
  9. Poisson distributions
  10. Poisson effect
  11. Poisson effects

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