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Sound
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name
A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Quebec, dated, derogatory
Topics: government, politics
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History
Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
