Savoyard

See also: savoyard

English

Etymology

French Savoyard.

Noun

Savoyard (plural Savoyards)

A native or resident of Savoy.
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 30:
  He is one of the Emperor’s French-speaking subjects, not a Spaniard but a Savoyard.

Proper noun

Savoyard

The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta).

French

Etymology

From Savoy +‎ -ard.

Noun

Savoyard m (plural Savoyards, feminine Savoyarde)

Savoyard (resident or native of Savoy)

Related terms

Haut-Savoyard

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