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Definition of: patois
(pat′wä, French pá·twá′) noun plural pat·ois (pat′wäz, French pá·twá′)
A dialect, especially one that is provincial or illiterate. See synonyms under LANGUAGE. [<OF, a village, later, rustic speech <Med. L patriensis a native <L patria native land]
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