Definition of Savoyard

1. Noun. A person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Generic synonyms: Performer, Performing Artist

2. Noun. A resident of Savoy.
Generic synonyms: French Person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman

Definition of Savoyard

1. n. A native or inhabitant of Savoy.

Definition of Savoyard

1. Noun. A native or resident of Savoy ¹

2. Proper noun. The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Savoyard

1. a devotee of opera at the Savoy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Savoyard

Savilian
Savior
Saviour
Saviours
Savitar
Savitr
Savo-Finnish
Savo Finnish
Savoie
Savona
Savonarola
Savonia
Savonian
Savoy
Savoy cabbage
Savoyard (current term)
Savoyards
Savoys
Savva
Sawan
Sawney
Sawneys
Sawyer
Saxbe fix
Saxe
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Saxe-gothea
Saxe-gothea conspicua
Saxegothea
Saxicola

Literary usage of Savoyard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"The Savoyard states were a large and fluctuating assemblage of lands on both ... The Savoy- The cradle of the Savoyard power lav in the Bur- ard state J r ..."

2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The Savoyard states were a large and fluctuating assemblage of lands ... The savoy- The cradle of the Savoyard power lay in the Bur- of the ..."

3. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The Savoyard states were a large and fluctuating assemblage of lands on both sides ... The Savoy- * The cradle of the Savoyard power lay in the Bur- of the ..."

4. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The Savoyard states were a large and fluctuating assemblage of lands on both sides ... The savoy- The cradle of the Savoyard power lay in the Bur- ard state ..."

5. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1881)
"The Savoyard states were a large and fluctuating assemblage of lands on both sides of the ... The s«voy- The cradle of the Savoyard power lay in the Bur- ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Round Dauphiné the Savoyard territories and Provence lay in a half circle. From this vantage-ground, acting on interior lines, Lesdiguières could threaten ..."

7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1848)
"said the Savoyard, in his touching Patois, still smiling, ... I stood before the fine tomb with its fine epitaph ; the Savoyard looked at me wistfully. ..."

8. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"Moreover, directly the Curia stirred, a war professedly undertaken for local Savoyard rights became a European religious conflict; German Protestants began ..."

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