basoche

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noun

A guild of legal clerks in pre-revolutionary France.

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Meanings

nounbasoche (plural basoches)

plural basoches

  1. A guild of legal clerks in pre-revolutionary France.

Origin

  1. Frenchbasoche
  2. Englishbasoche

Borrowed from French basoche. Doublet of basilica.

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APA

basoche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basoche

MLA

“basoche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basoche. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basoche,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basoche.

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