sapeur
sapeur noun: a member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance.
Noun
sapeur (plural sapeurs)
- A member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance.
- For these sapeurs, the essential thing was to dress elegantly, with name-brand clothes made by famous designers if possible.2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 182
- Since the 1920s, the sapeurs of the Congo have been making sartorial statements on the streets of Brazzaville and Kinshasa.2020 July 27, Trey Kay, “Congolese dandies: Meet the stylish men and women of Brazzaville”, in The Guardian, London: The Guardian Media Group, retrieved 01 Oct 2020
Forms of sapeur
| plural | sapeurs |
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Origin of sapeur
From French sapeur.
Questions about sapeur
- What does sapeur mean?
- Sapeur means a member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance.
- What part of speech is sapeur?
- Sapeur is a noun.
- What is the plural of sapeur?
- The plural of sapeur is sapeurs.
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