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petroleur

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One who lights fires with petrol, especially (historical) a revolutionary who attacked public buildings in this way in Paris in 1871.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1877, quoted in 1990, Walter Boehlich, The Letters of Sigmund Freud to Eduard Silberstein, 1871-1881# In times like these one is tempted to turn into a petroleur.

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History

Etymology

From French pétroleur.