quarante-huitard

French

Etymology

From quarante-huit +‎ -ard, literally “forty-eighter”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃.tɥi.taʁ/

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Noun

quarante-huitard m (plural quarante-huitards)

1. (colloquial) 1848 revolutionary

Further reading

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