Yvette

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives. Quebec, dated, derogatory
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).

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