argousin

French

Etymology

From Italian aguzzino, auzzino, from Neapolitan algozino (“prison guard”) and Sicilian algozino (“law officer”), from Catalan algutzir (“Saracen chief”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʁɡuzɛ̃/

Noun

argousin m (plural argousins)

(archaic, slang) rozzer, copper

Further reading

“argousin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

arguions

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