petroleuse
/ˌpɛtrɒˈləːz/Now rare
noun
A woman or girl who uses petrol to set fire to a building or other property; specifically any of the women who set fire to public buildings in Paris during the Commune in May 1871.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Standard. From French pétroleuse from pétrole + -euse.
- untenured
- Untermensch
- Untermeyer, Louis
- untestable
- untested
- untether
- unthanked
- unthankful
- unthankfully
- unthankfulness
- unthaw
- untheorised
- untheorized
- unthinkability
- unthinkable
- unthinkableness
- unthinkably
- unthinking
- unthinkingly
- unthinkingness
- unthought
- unthoughtful
- unthread
- unthreatened
- unthreatening