béguine

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See also: beguine

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be.ɡin/
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Noun

béguine f (plural béguines, masculine béguin)

  1. (historical) Beguine (member of a semimonastic Christian lay religious order)
  2. (dated, derogatory) bigot
    Synonym: bigote
  3. female equivalent of béguin

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