Savoyard
noun
a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
Savoyards
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pluralof Savoyard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She was also a choreographer for the Washington Savoyards for 10 years and for other local amateur theater groups.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
You could attack the productions for the breakneck pace and for the anarchic, antic style that at times can feel relentless, and that occasionally overwhelms the puckish satirical and pun-laced lyrics that Savoyards revere.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2016
From that day forward, the sun never set on the Savoyards.
From Time Magazine Archive
For that whisper belongs to the theatrical days of which Savoyards reminisce with wistful head-shakings, of which Mr. Isman, in a similar manner, writes in this book.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the course of another century or so these Savoyards in a succession of Humberts and Amedeos, brave, shrewd, and usually successful men, extended their dominions by war, by marriage, and by bargains.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
