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Meaning of poissarde | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈpwasɑːd/

Definitions

A fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution.

historical

Equivalents

Français poissarde poissarde

Examples

“[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 […].”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Poisson Poisson distribution Poisson effect Poisson noise Poisson process Poisson spot