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Auvergnese

Auvergnese

English

Adjective

Auvergnese

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the region of Auvergne in France
    • 1895, Thomas Hughes, Vacation Rambles, page 357:
      [] as for the others, they at once fall back upon an Auvergnese patois, at least as different from ordinary French as a Durham miner's vernacular is from a West countryman's.

Synonyms

  • Auvergnian
  • Auvergne (when used attributively)

Noun

Auvergnese (plural Auvergnese)

  1. A person from the Auvergne region
    • 1861, “The Piece of Gold”, in The Blue Silk Work-bag, page 7:
      The little Auvergnese retired highly delighted, []

Synonyms

  • Auvergnian

See also