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estropier — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
  • maim verb To injure someone so severely that part of their body is permanently damaged or disabled.

Senses

estropier is used for these senses in English:

  • cripple To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
  • maim To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

cripple — full definition

  1. noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
  2. verb To severely damage or disable something, physically or otherwise.

Related French words