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forçat

noun
for·​çat | \ fȯrsȧ\
plural -s

Definition of forçat

: a convict in France condemned to imprisonment with hard labor or formerly to the galleys

History and Etymology for forçat

French, from Italian forzato, from past participle of forzare to force, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin fortiare

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