poissarde
English
Etymology
From French poissarde.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpwasɑːd/
Noun
poissarde (plural poissardes)
- (now historical) A fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution. [from 18th c.]
- 1789, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 295:
- [T]he destruction of the most ancient Empires on record has nothing more wonderful, nor of more sounding improbability, than the demolition of this Great Nation […] Even the Amazons were but the poissardes of the Day […].
- 1789, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 295:
Anagrams
- diaspores, parodises, passeroid
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwa.saʁd/
Audio (file) - Homophone: poissardes
Adjective
poissarde
- feminine singular of poissard