prud'homme

The worthy prud'homme would look upon this as rather a dishonour and disgrace than a gift from Heaven.

A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

The worthy prud'homme would look upon this as rather a dishonour and disgrace than a gift from Heaven.

A Heroine of France Evelyn Everett-Green 1894

It occurs apparently that as this discomfiture has come by means of the union of divine and human natures, it can be best opposed by a union of human and diabolic: and after some minor proceedings a seductive devil is despatched to play incubus to the last and chastest daughter of a _prud'homme_, who has been driven to despair and death by previous satanic attacks.

The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889

There is no doubt she had visions of another nature, since she tells us how she beheld Saint Michael in the guise of a _prud'homme_, that is as a good knight, and Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret, wearing crowns.

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

You will please pay my bill to-night, or I shall go to the office of the _prud'homme_; you are of the _canaille_, sir!

Bohemian Days Three American Tales George Alfred Townsend 1877

The apostrophe in chef-d'œuvre has a distinct status and is an integral part of the word, very much like in other French words such as aujourd'hui, prud'homme, and a few others.

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Surely that is something strange for the vision of a village prud'homme anent his little daughter.”

A Heroine of France Everett-Green, Evelyn 1906

"Then said the eldest _prud'homme_: -- 'The answer, saving your lordship's grace, is simple.

Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Surely that is something strange for the vision of a village prud'homme anent his little daughter. "

A Heroine of France Evelyn Everett-Green 1894