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Savoyard

noun
1.
A person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
2.
A resident of Savoy.





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"Savoyard" Quotes from Famous Books



... in pleasures, and never thinke on us? whereas, when I behold our lives, our licence, and impunitie, I wonder to see them so milde and easie. He on whose head it haileth, thinks all the Hemispheare besides to be in a storme and tempest. And as that dull-pated Savoyard said, that if the seelie [Footnote 31: Simple.] King of France could cunningly have managed his fortune, he might verie well have made himselfe chiefe Steward of his Lords household, whose imagination conceived no other greatnesse than his Masters; ...
— Literary and Philosophical Essays • Various
... I had such a surprise," she continued, cheerfully, as Fern averted her face and seemed much engrossed with a Savoyard and his monkey on the opposite side of the way. "When I got to Upton House this morning I found Miss Campion had arrived unexpectedly, and of ...
— Wee Wifie • Rosa Nouchette Carey


Words linked to "Savoyard" :   Frenchman, performing artist, performer, Frenchwoman, French person


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