Provençals
Provençals is the plural of Provençal.
Meaning of Provençal
Noun
Provençal (plural Provençals or Provençaux)
- A native or inhabitant of Provence.
- The Normans were putting it about that the Provençals were experts at foraging, to the neglect of fighting. Their children had a refrain with which they taunted their southern French counterparts: ‘the Franks go to fight, the Provençals to food’.2011, Conor Kostick, The Siege of Jerusalem: Crusade and Conquest in 1099, Bloomsbury, →ISBN
Questions about Provençals
- What is Provençals the plural of?
- Provençals is the plural of Provençal.
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