cantinière
See also: cantiniere
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cantinière, from cantine (“sutler's shop, canteen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæn.tinˈjɛɹ/
Noun
cantinière (plural cantinières)
- (military, historical) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.
References
- “Cantiniere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cantinière”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Noun
cantinière f (plural cantinières)
- cantinière
- female equivalent of cantinier
Further reading
- “cantinière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.