tricoteuse
tricoteuse noun: a woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
Noun
tricoteuse (plural tricoteuses)
- A woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
- Sitting in the courtroom […], their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times — the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times
Forms of tricoteuse
| plural | tricoteuses |
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Origin of tricoteuse
Borrowed from French tricoteuse.
Questions about tricoteuse
- What does tricoteuse mean?
- Tricoteuse means a woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
- What part of speech is tricoteuse?
- Tricoteuse is a noun.
- What is the plural of tricoteuse?
- The plural of tricoteuse is tricoteuses.
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