poissarde

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UK/ˈpwasɑːd/US/ˈpwasɑɹd/

noun

A fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution.

OriginFrench poissarde →
First used 18th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nounpoissarde (plural poissardes)

plural poissardes

  1. historicalA fishwife, especially in France; specifically, any of the Parisian fishwives or market-women who led riots during the French Revolution.First known use 18th c.

    [T]he destruction of the most ancient Empires on record has nothing more wonderful, nor of more sounding improbability, than the demolition of this Great Nation […] Even the Amazons were but the poissardes of the Day […].

    1789, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 295

Origin

  1. Frenchpoissarde
  2. Englishpoissarde

From French poissarde.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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