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prudhomme

prudhomme is the alternative form of prud'homme.

Meaning of prud'homme

Noun

prud'homme (plural prud'hommes)

  1. (archaic) An honorable, upstanding man.
  2. A male member of an employment tribunal or labor court in certain French-speaking countries, formed of employers and employees.

Proper noun capitalized: Prudhomme

Prudhomme (plural Prudhommes)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of prudhomme

Noun
pluralprudhommes
Proper noun
pluralPrudhommes
alternative formPrud'homme
alternative formPrud'Homme
alternative formPurdon

Origin of prudhomme

Borrowed from French Prudhomme. (prud'-homme).

Questions about prudhomme

What does prudhomme mean?
Prudhomme means a surname from French.
What is prudhomme the alternative form of?
Prudhomme is the alternative form of prud'homme.
What part of speech is prudhomme?
Prudhomme is a proper noun.

Words near prudhomme in the dictionary

  1. pruderies
  2. prudery
  3. prudes
  4. Prudhoe
  5. Prudhoe Bay
  6. prudhomme
  7. prudhommes
  8. prudhommie
  9. prudification
  10. prudifies
  11. prudify

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prudhomme (page history and authors); Prudhomme (page history and authors); prud'homme (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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