santon
See also: Santon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French santon, from Spanish santón.
Noun
santon (plural santons)
- A Muslim holy man.
- 1818, John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":
- Part of the building was a chosen see, / Built by a banished santon of Chaldee [...].
- 1818, John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":
- In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 49:
- Also we had brought a huge family of little santons of painted terracotta for the crêche.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 49:
Anagrams
- annots., nantos, non-TAS, sonant, stanno-
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tɔ̃/
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Noun
santon m (plural santons)
- santon
Further reading
- “santon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.