Parisian
[pə'rizjən]
Definition
(noun.) a native or resident of Paris.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its inhabitants; 'Parisian restaurants can be expensive' .
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Definition
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.
(a.) Of or pertaining to Paris.
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Definition
adj. of or pertaining to Paris.—n. a native or resident of Paris:—fem. Parisienne′.—Paris doll a small figure dressed in the latest fashions sent out by Paris modistes.
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Examples
- Rebecca's mother had had some education somewhere, and her daughter spoke French with purity and a Parisian accent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had seen, amidst Italian cities and scenes, faces like Moore's; he had heard, in Parisian cafés and theatres, voices like his. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He wanted wider opportunities for the exploitation of Syria, north Africa, and so forth by Parisian financial groups. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I went away from there with my handkerchief about my face, and never, never, never desired to dream of palatial Parisian barber-shops anymore. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Someday a Parisian barber will come to my room to skin me, and from that day forth that barber will never be heard of more. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sometimes it seems to me, somehow, that there must be a difference between Parisian French and Quaker City French. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I could not talk to Messieurs A---- and Z----, the Parisian Academicians: all my new credit for manner would be put in peril. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lady Mary Caerlyon was brought up at a Parisian convent; the Dauphiness Marie Antoinette was her godmother. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In fact, for weeks together it seemed as though no Parisian paper was considered complete and up to date without an article on Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He then built an experimental boat, sixty-six feet long and eight feet wide, and this he exhibited to a large audience of Parisians in August, 1803. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The fashionable intelligence says so for the comfort of the Parisians, and it knows all fashionable things. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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