félibre

Etymology

From French félibre, from Occitan felibre.

Noun

félibre (plural félibres)

1. A member of a literary fellowship founded in 1854 to promote the literature and culture of Provence in France; also someone who adheres to such ideas, a traditional Provençal poet.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 57:

     Piers himself would wear the narrow bootlace tie and the ribbon of the félibre, the Provençal poet.

Anagrams

• febrile

Noun

félibre m (plural félibres)

1. félibre

Further reading

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