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Definition of Orleans

1. Noun. A city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429).

2. Noun. A long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429.

Definition of Orleans

1. n. A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.

Definition of Orleans

1. Proper noun. City in France. ¹

2. Proper noun. (alternative form of Orleans) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orleans

1. a worsted cotton fabric [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orleans

Orites excelsa Oriya Oriyas Orizaba Orkhomenos Orkney Orkney Islands Orkneyan Orkneyans Orkneys

Orla Orlando Orleanais Orleanist Orleans (current term) Orlon Orly Orly Group Ormandy Ormazd

Ormond's disease Ormosia Ormosia coarctata Ormsby filter Ormuzd Orn Orneæ Ornish prevention diets

Literary usage of Orleans

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The See of New Orleans remained vacant many years after the departure of ... De Laussat, the French Commissioner, had reached New Orleans on 26 March, 1803, ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1917)
"THE OPERA IN NEW Orleans A Historical Sketch from the Earliest Days Through Season 1914-15. By HARRY BRUNSWICK LOEB, Music Critic, New Orleans Item. ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"In direct contravention of the testament, Orleans appeared unaccompanied by Louis XV. ... But for the Treaty of Utrecht, Philip V came before Orleans, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"But de Freycinet and d'Aurelle had different views as to the method of recapturing Orleans, which was agreed upon as the first thing to be done, ..."

5. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York by Solomon Northup (1855)
"AFTER we were all on board, the brig Orleans proceeded down James River. Passing into Chesapeake Bay, we arrived next day opposite the city of Norfolk. ..."

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