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zouaves

zouaves is the plural of zouave.

Meaning of zouave

Noun

zouave (plural zouaves)

  1. (historical) a French soldier in the Union army of the Unites States civil war, or a Union soldier in a French soldier's uniform.
    • The French soldiers, for whom this uniform was patterned and made, were, as a rule, much smaller in stature than the American soldier, and hence the imported zouave uniforms distributed, in many cases, were entirely too short for the many giants in stature in the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth...1910, Under the Maltese Cross, Antietam to Appomattox: The Loyal Uprising in Western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865; Campaigns 155th Pennsylvania Regiment, Pittsburgh, PA: 155th Regimental Association, page...

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Noun capitalized: Zouaves

Zouaves

  1. (plural) plural of Zouave

Questions about zouaves

What is zouaves the plural of?
Zouaves is the plural of zouave.
What part of speech is zouaves?
Zouaves is a noun.

Words near zouaves in the dictionary

  1. Zotzils
  2. zotzing
  3. Zou
  4. zouave
  5. zouave jacket
  6. zouaves
  7. zoubekite
  8. Zouch
  9. Zoucheng
  10. Zouerate
  11. zouglou

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