vert galant

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ ɡa.lɑ̃/

Noun

vert galant m (plural verts galants)

  1. person who hides in the woods to ambush passersby; highwayman
    Synonym: galant de feuillée
  2. womanizer, lady's man who is no longer young

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