larbin
French
Etymology
Perhaps from an alteration of habin (“dog”), with agglutination of definite article.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laʁ.bɛ̃/
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Noun
larbin m (plural larbins)
- (derogatory) servant, boy
- dogsbody, flunkey
Derived terms
- larbinisme
Further reading
- “larbin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.