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Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from provocateur + -euse, as the French female equivalent of provocateur is provocatrice.
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Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from provocateur + -euse, as the French female equivalent of provocateur is provocatrice.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.