Canadian French Meaning of potemkin

Potemkine

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potemkin (n)

a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)

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Potemkine

a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order

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poteen => Poitín, potboy => garçon de café, potbound => empoté, potboiler => roman-feuilleton, potbelly stove => Poêle à ventre,