bourgeron

Derived from bo(u)rge (“kind of canvas”), from Vulgar Latin *burrica, from Latin burra (“shaggy garment”).

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/

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bourgeron m (plural bourgerons)

1. a type of short blouson
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Et, secouant Justin par le collet de son bourgeron, il fit tomber un livre de sa poche.

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2. workman's overall

• “bourgeron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Collins French-English English-French Dictionary