chauvin
See also: Chauvin
French
Etymology
From Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
chauvin (feminine singular chauvine, masculine plural chauvins, feminine plural chauvines)
Further reading
- “chauvin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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