revanche

(rə väns̸h)

noun

revenge; specif., revanchism

Origin: Fr

See revanche in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of retaliating; revenge.
  2. A usually political policy, as of a nation or an ethnic group, intended to regain lost territory or standing.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French revancher, to revenge

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + vengier, vencher, to avenge; see revenge

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Related Forms:

  • re·vanchˈism (-vänˈchĭz-əm, -väɴˈshĭz-) noun
  • re·vanchˈist adjective & n.
  • re·vanch·isˈtic adjective
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