canut

See also: Canut and cãnut

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

canut m (plural canuts, feminine canuse)

1. a former hand weaver (who worked at home)
2. (by extension) A very poor person

Further reading

• “canut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.