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Provençaux

Provençaux is the plural of Provençal.

Meaning of Provençal

Noun

Provençal (plural Provençals or Provençaux)

  1. 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

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Questions about Provençaux

What is Provençaux the plural of?
Provençaux is the plural of Provençal.

Words near Provençaux in the dictionary

  1. provenzalia
  2. Provenzano
  3. Provenzanos
  4. Provençal
  5. Provençals
  6. Provençaux
  7. Provenço-
  8. prover
  9. proverb
  10. proverbed
  11. proverbial

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