âme damnée

noun

âme dam·​née

äämdänā

plural âmes damnées

-nā(z)

: a willing and devoted tool or slave of another

a writer who is the âme damnée of certain interests

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, damned soul

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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