sapeurとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

sapeur (plural sapeurs)

1. (Africa) A member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance.
   • 2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 182:

     For these sapeurs, the essential thing was to dress elegantly, with name-brand clothes made by famous designers if possible.

   • 2020 July 27, Trey Kay, “Congolese dandies: Meet the stylish men and women of Brazzaville”, in The Guardian‎, London: The Guardian Media Group, retrieved 2020-10-01:

     Since the 1920s, the sapeurs of the Congo have been making sartorial statements on the streets of Brazzaville and Kinshasa.

アナグラム

• pauser