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moins-que-rien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drudge noun A person who works in a low servile job.
  • nobody pron Not any person; no one.
  • nonentity noun An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.

Senses

moins-que-rien is used for these senses in English:

  • chopped liver (idiomatic, humorous, informal) A person or object not worthy of being noticed; someone or something insignificant.
  • drudge A person who works in a low servile job.
  • nobody Someone who is not important or well-known.
  • nonentity (countable) An unimportant or insignificant person.

drudge — full definition

  1. noun A person who works in a low servile job.
  2. noun Someone who works for (and may be taken advantage of by) someone else.

nobody — full definition

  1. pron Not any person; no one.
  2. noun A person considered unimportant or insignificant.

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