[Ads-l] Antedating of "Chauvinism"

[Chris Waigl]

FWIW, the book in which the fictional character of Nicolas Chauvin appears
is from 1831, and the Trésor de la langue française has "chauvin" in this
sense from 1832, and "chauvinisme" from 1834.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 2:08 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> chauvinism (OED 1870)
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> 1841 _Morning Chronicle_ (London) 19 July 2/7 (Newspapers.com)  The French
> ... ridicule Chauvinism, as they call it, even in their theatres.
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> Fred Shapiro
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