Provocateuse

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female provocateur.

    "She echoes another Brooklyn transplant, the rapping global provocateuse M.I.A. (who appears on the album), with agressive^([sic]) chants and electro riffs in “Creator” and “Unstoppable.”"

Synonyms

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provocatriceprovocatrix

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"She echoes another Brooklyn transplant, the rapping global provocateuse M.I.A. (who appears on the album), with agressive^([sic]) chants and electro riffs in “Creator” and “Unstoppable.”"

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from provocateur + -euse, as the French female equivalent of provocateur is provocatrice.

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