2. Verb. (third-person singular of fete) ¹
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Definition of Fetes
1. fete [v] - See also: fete
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetes
Literary usage of Fetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1897)
"E have arrived here just in time for the fetes of July.—You have read, no doubt,
of that glorious revolution which took place here nine years ago, ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: in twenty-four volumes. by William Makepeace Thackeray (1868)
"WE have arrived here just in time-for the fetes of July.—You have read, no doubt,
of that glorious revolution which took place here nine years ago, ..."
3. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Mrs. Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1903)
"H93 A SERIES of fetes had been arranged by the Doge and Signory of Venice in
honour of their illustrious guests, and the order in which they took place is ..."
4. Memoirs of Miss Mellon: Afterwards Duchess of St. Albans by Margaret Harries Baron- Wilson, Cornwell Barron- Wilson (1887)
"fetes at Holly Lodge—Newspaper accounts of them—Ludicrous anecdote of a ...
ON the 16th of June, the duchess always gave one of her celebrated fetes at ..."
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