pucelle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /pʊˈsɛl/
pucelle (plural pucelles)
- (archaic) A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc).
- 1608 (at the earliest), Ben Jonson, letter to John Fletcher
- Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan.
- 1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:
- Seven weeks before, Joan of Arc had ridden into Orleans. She was at the height of her strange career.…‘Maid or Witch, Pucelle or Puzzell – she is very hard to understand.’
- 1608 (at the earliest), Ben Jonson, letter to John Fletcher
- (obsolete) A prostitute, a slut.
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