Definition of Fiacre

1. n. A kind of French hackney coach.

Definition of Fiacre

1. Noun. A small carriage for hire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fiacre

1. a small carriage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiacre

feyre
feyres
feys
fez
fezes
fezlike
fezzed
fezzes
fezzy
ff.
ffrench
fgf 5
fgr
fi. fa.
fi fa
fiacre (current term)
fiacres
fiador
fiadors
fiance
fianced
fiancee
fiancees
fiances
fianchetti
fianchetto
fianchettoed
fianchettoing
fianchettos
fiancing

Literary usage of Fiacre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"He was chiefly celebrated for the cure of a tumour since known as ' le fie de St. fiacre.' He died on 18 Aug., but the year is not known. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"fiacre, SAINT, Abbot, b. in Ireland about the end of the sixth century; d. 18 August,. Having been ordained priest, he retired to a hermitage on the ..."

3. A History of Greater Britain as Well England as Scotland by John Major, Aeneas James George Mackay, Thomas Graves Law (1892)
"And Saint fiacre 2, of royal birth, led the austere life of a hermit in the diocese of Meaux ... And when the Blessed fiacre was now well stricken in years, ..."

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