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sapeurs

sapeurs is the plural of sapeur.

Meaning of sapeur

Noun

sapeur (plural sapeurs)

  1. (Africa) 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

Questions about sapeurs

What is sapeurs the plural of?
Sapeurs is the plural of sapeur.

Words near sapeurs in the dictionary

  1. Saperavis
  2. saperconazole
  3. Saperstein
  4. Sapersteins
  5. sapeur
  6. sapeurs
  7. sapfest
  8. sapfests
  9. sapful
  10. Saph
  11. saphaneous

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