zouave
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See also: Zouave
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zouave m (plural zouaves)
- (military, historical) Zouave
- (figuratively) an eccentric person
Further reading
[edit]- “zouave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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