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• [=oo]v'razh, n. work.--ns. (masc.) OUVRIER ([=oo]v'ri-[=a]), (fem.) OUVRIÈRE ([=oo]v'ri-[=a]r), a working man or woman.--adj. working. [Fr.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson