prudhomme

See also: prud'homme, prud'-homme, Prudhomme, Prud'homme, and Prud'Homme

English

Etymology

From French prud'homme. Compare prude.

Noun

prudhomme (plural prudhommes)

  1. A trustworthy citizen.
  2. A skilled workman.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prudhomme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Noun

prudhomme m (plural prudhommes)

  1. Alternative spelling of prud'homme
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