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pur et dur

pur et dur adjective: being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement.

Adjective

pur et dur (not comparable)

  1. (Canadian) Being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement.
    • Among separatists, Parizeau was known as pur et dur, hard-line and uncompromising.2011, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories: Revised Edition, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 256

Origin of pur et dur

From the French pur et dur (“hard-line”, literally “pure and hard”).

Questions about pur et dur

What does pur et dur mean?
Pur et dur means being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement.
What part of speech is pur et dur?
Pur et dur is an adjective.

Words near pur et dur in the dictionary

  1. Puqiakeqi
  2. Puquina
  3. puquio
  4. puquios
  5. pur
  6. pur et dur
  7. pur laine
  8. pur sang
  9. pur-
  10. pur.
  11. Pura

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