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Savoyard definition

Sa·voy·ard (sə vo̵i′ərd, sav′o̵i yärd′; Fr sȧ vwȧ yar′)

noun

  1. Etymology: Fr < Savoie, Savoy + -ard, personal suffix

    a person born or living in Savoy

  2. Etymology: after Savoy theater in London, where the operas were first produced

    an actor, producer, or enthusiastic admirer of Gilbert and Sullivan operas

adjective

of Savoy or its people or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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