"truand" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tʁy.ɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-truand.wav Forms: truands [plural], truande [feminine]
Etymology: From Transalpine Gaulish *truganto. Cognate to English truant, Irish trogán, Welsh tru. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|xtg||*truganto}} Transalpine Gaulish *truganto, {{cog|en|truant}} English truant, {{cog|ga|trogán}} Irish trogán, {{cog|cy|tru}} Welsh tru Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} truand m (plural truands, feminine truande)
  1. (historical) (professional) beggar (in the Middle Ages) Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-truand-fr-noun-zRQnwtri Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 61 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 73 4 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 90 9 1
  2. crook; gangster Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-truand-fr-noun-0VSZF0A0 Disambiguation of People: 43 57 0
  3. (colloquial) beggar Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-truand-fr-noun-DVr988Bw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: truander

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*truganto"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English truant",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "trogán"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish trogán",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "tru"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh tru",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "truands",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "truande",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "16 16 61 6 2",
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        "(professional) beggar (in the Middle Ages)"
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        ]
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        "crook; gangster"
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        "(colloquial) beggar"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Transalpine Gaulish",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "English truant",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "truande",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "French terms with historical senses"
      ],
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        "(professional) beggar (in the Middle Ages)"
      ],
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          "beggar"
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        "(historical) (professional) beggar (in the Middle Ages)"
      ],
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        "masculine"
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      ],
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          "crook",
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        ],
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          "gangster",
          "gangster"
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        "beggar"
      ],
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          "beggar"
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        "(colloquial) beggar"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
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