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Definition of Lavalier
1. Noun. Jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck.
Definition of Lavalier
1. Noun. An item of jewellery consisting of a pendant, sometimes with one stone, suspended from a necklace. ¹
2. Noun. A kind of microphone intended to clip onto the lapel at about the level of the pendant on a lavalier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lavalier
1. a pendant worn on a chain around the neck [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavalier
Literary usage of Lavalier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"Among other things she showed a silver lavalier set with moonstones and sapphires,
that was very beautiful and indicated new scope in woman's work. ..."
2. The Despatches of William Perwich: English Agent in Paris, 1669-1677 by William Perwich (1903)
"... insomuch that by this time, I believe him to be at S' Germains, because a '
Media Nox ' is ordered to bee made at Mad: lavalier's2 ..."
3. History of the Twenty-ninth Division, "Blue and Gray," 1917-1919 by John Abram Cutchins, George Scott Stewart (1921)
"Soft drinks, ice cream cones, tobacco, candy and everything from a lavalier for
your best girl down to a shoe string "to be laced crosswise only", ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by Lorenzo Sawyer, United States District Court (Nevada), United States District Court (Oregon) (1890)
"... in the French play, has an incognito name, "lavalier," whereas his incog, name
in both complainants' and defendants' play, is, Grignan. ..."
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