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Definition of Colette
1. Noun. French writer of novels about women (1873-1954).
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colette
Literary usage of Colette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"All Christians have a part in this heavenly function, B. Colette, VIRGIN AND ABBESS.
From her life, written by her confessor, Peter de Vaux. ..."
2. Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints: With Reflections for Every Day in the by John Gilmary Shea (1894)
"Colette equally assisted the Council of Basle by her advice and prayers: and when,
... St. Colette never ceased to pray for the Church, while the devils, ..."
3. Letters and Diary of Alan Seeger by Alan Seeger (1917)
"The death of Colette. A visit to the German barbed wire. Bellinglise. Subterranean
lodgings. The "Ode to the Memory of the American Volunteers fallen for ..."
4. My Home in the Field of Honour by Frances Wilson Huard (1916)
"little Jules clinging to her skirts, amazed at her distress, and happy, light-
hearted, curly-headed baby Colette, chasing butterflies on the lawn in front ..."
5. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1904)
"Colette. From her entrance she would not be called " Countess " or " Gracious
Lady," but " Sister Louisa." She lived there a pattern of perfection for ton ..."
6. Am I Crazy, Or Is It My Shrink: How to Get the Help You Need by Larry E. Ph.D Beutler, Joel N. Shurkin (1998)
"If Colette gets elected, I would like the following ... to promote personal
business interests: Petting & chin scratching services on demand Colette ..."
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