poissarde

English

Etymology

From French poissarde.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpwasɑːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpwasɑɹd/

Noun

poissarde (plural poissardes)

1. (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, published 2001, page 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 […].

Anagrams

• diaspores, parodises, passeroid

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.saʁd/

• Audio

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• Homophone: poissardes

Adjective

poissarde

1. feminine singular of poissard