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Definition of Pucelle
1. n. A maid; a virgin.
Definition of Pucelle
1. Noun. (archaic) A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc). ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A prostitute, a slut. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pucelle
1. a maid [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pucelle
Literary usage of Pucelle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current (1902)
"(324) $10.00 8910 LA pucelle D'ORLEANS. Poeme en vingt-un chants. ... 8911 LA
pucelle, THE MAID OF ORLEANS. A new and complete translation into English ..."
2. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1876)
"Lors est Perceval du lict de la pucelle approché, courrant assez lourdement dessus
son cheval : adone s' est la pucelle assez ..."
3. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of by Rees Howell Gronow, Joseph Grego (1892)
"PE'RONNE LA pucelle.—The fourth or fifth day after Waterloo, we arrived before
Peronne la pucelle, (the Virgin town,) as the inhabitants delighted to call ..."
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