engagiste
French, noun/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒist/
engagiste is a French feminine noun meaning “a person who pledged support to the king and received land, title etc. in return” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui jouissait, par engagement, dʼun domaine royal”.
What does engagiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea person who pledged support to the king and received land, title etc. in return
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui jouissait, par engagement, dʼun domaine royal. 2. Personne charger d'engager des ouvriers pour une entreprise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of engagiste
- engagistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engagiste?
- /ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒist/
- \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engagiste in French?
engagiste appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).