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witzchoura

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

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /vɪtˈʃʊəɹə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /vɪtˈʃʊɚɹə/
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹə

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noun

Meaning 1

A woman's fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves, worn during the early 19th century.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

PIE word *wĺ̥kwos Borrowed from French witzchoura (obsolete), vitchoura (“witzchoura”), from Polish wilczura (“(archaic) wolfskin”), from wilczy (“wolf-like, lupine”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kwos (“wolf”)) + -ura (suffix forming feminine nouns).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: leveähihainen turkisviitta — woman’s fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves
  • French: vitchoura — woman’s fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves
  • German: Witzschoura — woman’s fur-lined cloak, mantle, or pelisse with large sleeves