camelot
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See also: Camelot
English
Noun
camelot (countable and uncountable, plural camelots)
- Alternative form of camlet
See also
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From cameloter.
Noun
camelot m (plural camelots)
- street vendor, peddler, hawker
- 2008, Jacques Vergès, Journal: la passion de défendre, Rocher, page 85:
- Mardi 5 avril: un camelot vend une voiture d’occasion à un client qui ne sait pas conduire
- Tuesday, April 5: a hawker sells a used car to a customer who doesn’t know how to drive
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: camelô
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
camelot m (plural camelots)
Further reading
- “camelot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.