zouave

Meaning of zouave

noun
  1. a member of a light-infantry corps in the French army, originally of Algerians and long retaining their oriental uniform.
  2. women's trousers with wide tops, tapering to a narrow ankle.

mid 19th century: from French, from Kabyle Zouaoua, the name of a tribe.

Information about zouave

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of zouave

zouave

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • zouave is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with zouave

Huave, Zouave, earthquave, quave, suave

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