provocateuse

English

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from provocateur +‎ -euse, as the French female equivalent of provocateur is provocatrice.

Noun

provocateuse (plural provocateuses)

  1. A female provocateur.
    Synonyms: provocatrice, provocatrix
    • 2008 April 28, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      She echoes another Brooklyn transplant, the rapping global provocateuse M.I.A. (who appears on the album), with agressive[sic] chants and electro riffs in “Creator” and “Unstoppable.”
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