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signares

signares is the plural of signare.

Meaning of signare

Noun

signare (plural signares)

  1. (historical) A mulatto French-African woman of the island of Gorée or the city of Saint-Louis in French Senegal during the 18th and 19th centuries.
    • Signare were romanticised by witnesses who encountered them as well as in historical memory. One of the French officials of the Senegal company dedcribed them collectively as tender, charming and faithful, with a certain 'sweetness' — but also 'an insurmountable urge for love and lust'.2009, William Foster, Gender, Mastery and Slavery

Questions about signares

What is signares the plural of?
Signares is the plural of signare.

Words near signares in the dictionary

  1. signals intelligence
  2. signalwave
  3. signalwoman
  4. signalwomen
  5. signare
  6. signares
  7. signaries
  8. signary
  9. signataries
  10. signatary
  11. signate

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