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yellow vests

yellow vests is the plural of yellow vest.

Meaning of yellow vest

Noun

yellow vest (plural yellow vests)

  1. A member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018 against rising fuel prices and advocates for economic justice and institutional political reforms.
    • “Justice for Adama,” a movement launched after the 2016 death of Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old black man killed by police, joined forces with the yellow vests on Saturday.2018 December 8, James McAuley, “Why are the ‘yellow vests’ still protesting in France? His name is Macron”, in The Washington Post
    Synonyms:
    yellow jacket

Questions about yellow vests

What is yellow vests the plural of?
Yellow vests is the plural of yellow vest.

Words near yellow vests in the dictionary

  1. yellow tussocks
  2. yellow union
  3. yellow unions
  4. yellow up
  5. yellow vest
  6. yellow vests
  7. yellow wagtail
  8. yellow warbler
  9. yellow warblers
  10. yellow wash
  11. yellow waterlilies

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