English Explanatory Dictionary

chômeur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An actant that has been 'demoted' to a less salient syntactic position, such as the agent of a passive clause.

Pronunciation

/ʃəʊˈmɜː/

Word forms

chômeur chômeurs

Etymology

Borrowed from French chômeur. Coined by Colette Grinevald.

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