suppôt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suppositus. Compare impôt from Latin impositus, prévôt from praepositus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sy.po/

Noun

suppôt m (plural suppôts)

(literary) a subversive, an underling, a henchman

Further reading

“suppôt” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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