Grisette
[gri'zet]
Definition
(n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.
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Definition
n. a gay young Frenchwoman of the lower class.
Editor: Stanton
Examples
- Is that a grisette? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He comprehended at last that I wanted to see a grisette. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That may be my secret, rejoined Dr. John briefly, but with no sort of hauteur: he seemed quite to understand the Rosine or grisette character. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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