félibre

noun

A member of a literary fellowship founded in 1854 to promote the literature and culture of Provence in France; also someone who adheres to such ideas, a traditional Provençal poet.

OriginFrench félibre ← Occitan felibre →
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Meanings

nounfélibre (plural félibres)

plural félibres

  1. A member of a literary fellowship founded in 1854 to promote the literature and culture of Provence in France; also someone who adheres to such ideas, a traditional Provençal poet.

    Piers himself would wear the narrow bootlace tie and the ribbon of the félibre, the Provençal poet.

    1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 57

Origin

  1. Occitanfelibre
  2. Frenchfélibre
  3. Englishfélibre

From French félibre, from Occitan felibre.

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