1.  savoyard(n = noun.person) - a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan;
is a kind of performer, performing artist

2.  savoyard(n = noun.person) - a resident of Savoy;
is a kind of french person, frenchman, frenchwoman

   A native or inhabitant of Savoy. [1913 Webster]

savoyard, n. & adj.
--n. a native of Savoy in SE France.
--adj. of or relating to Savoy or its people etc.

Etymology:
F f. Savoie Savoy