chassé
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Etymology
Noun
chassé (plural chassés)
Verb
chassé (third-person singular simple present chassés, present participle chasséing, simple past and past participle chasséed or chasséd)
- (intransitive) To perform this step.
- (transitive, slang) To dismiss.
- 1817, The Literary Gazette:
- We believe that this sans-culotte Pillet or Pillard, Pendard or Fuyard, was so put to his shifts that the want of both might have chasséd him from decent society.
- 1868, Percy Fitzgerald, The Life of David Garrick, page 32:
- Garrick soon found out this double dealing, and chasséd him promptly.
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Anagrams
Pronunciation
Noun
chassé m (plural chassés)
Participle
chassé (feminine chassée, masculine plural chassés, feminine plural chassées)
See also
Further reading
- “chassé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Etymology
Noun
chassé n
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