communard

See also: Communard

English

Etymology

From French communard.

Noun

communard (plural communards)

1. A person who lives in a commune.
   • 2008 July 11, Nathan Lee, “The Life of a World-Class Sex Kitten”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Revealing much flesh if rather less personality, Ms. Avelon throws herself into the role of the real-life Obermaier, a one-woman counterculture who was variously, often simultaneously, a model and a communard, a groupie and a globe-trotter, a feminist and a free-lover, a brat and a goddess.

French

Etymology

From commune +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.naʁ/

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Noun

communard m (plural communards, feminine communarde)

1. (historical) Communard
2. a drink made from red wine and crème de cassis
3. a kitchen worker who prepares meals for the restaurant staff

Descendants

• → English: communard, Communard
• → German: Kommunarde

Further reading

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