wallingant

French

Etymology

From Wallonie, by analogy with flamingant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.lɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/

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Noun

wallingant m (plural wallingants)

1. (Belgium, politics) Wallonians supporting Wallonian independence; coined by their opponents.
2. (Belgium, rare) A passionate defender of French culture and language, especially in Belgium.
   • 2015, Céline Préaux, La Fin de la Flandre belge‎^[1]:

     ...la definition de Jean-Pierre Hiernaux, qui présente le « wallingant » comme un «défenseur radicale ou excessif de la langue et culture français, dans la Belgique unitaire telle qu’issue de la révolution de 1830 ». Hiernaux (J.-P.), « Wallingant, wallingnantisme », in EMW, o.c., pp. 1619-1624.

     ... Jean-Pierre Hiernaux's definition, which presents the "wallingant" as a "radical or excessive defender of French language and culture, in unitary Belgium as it appeared in 1830 revolution".

References

• “wallingant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.