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chauvin

/ʃo.vɛ̃/

adjective/ʃo.vɛ̃/

jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)

Synonyms: cocardier

From Chauvin, named after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers (1831).

noun, masculine/ʃo.vɛ̃/plural: chauvins

jingoist (someone who demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)

Le reste avec mépris du haut de leurs remparts / La race des chauvins, des porteurs de cocardes

Related: chauvinisme, chauviniste

From Chauvin, named after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers (1831).