santon
See also: Santon
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French santon, from Spanish santón.
Noun edit
santon (plural santons)
- A Muslim holy man.
- 1818, John Keats, To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.:
- Part of the building was a chosen see, / Built by a banished santon of Chaldee [...].
- In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 49:
- Also we had brought a huge family of little santons of painted terracotta for the crêche.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
santon m (plural santons)
Further reading edit
- “santon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.