Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - savoyard

 noun  Etymology: Savoy Theater, London, built for the presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan operas  Date: 1890 a devotee, performer, or producer of the comic operas of West South Gilbert and A. South Sullivan SAVVY  I. verb  (savvied; ~ing)  Etymology: alteration of sabi know (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from Portuguese sabe he knows, from saber to know, from Latin sapere to be wise — more at sage  Date: 1785 understand  II. noun  Date: circa 1785 practical know-how political ~  • ~ adjective