Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A maid; a virgin: specifically applied in history to Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans.
- noun A wanton girl; a harlot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A maid; a virgin.
- noun the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
girl , amaiden ; avirgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc). - noun obsolete A
prostitute , aslut .
Etymologies
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She adopted the title 'pucelle' which means maid but it's a word that we don't really have in English, it's a person who is virtuous and has certain qualities...and this resonated with the people.
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She adopted the title 'pucelle' which means maid but it's a word that we don't really have in English, it's a person who is virtuous and has certain qualities...and this resonated with the people.
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The medieval French word pucelle referred to a young adolescent girl or a virgin, although this comes from a slang term for virginity puce (= flea) ".
Pharyngula 2008
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More at the House Next Door and more from Dennis Cozzalio, who comments on what he found there, Frédéric Bonnaud's Senses of Cinema, in which Rivette delivers his quick takes on umpteen films, including this one: "Every time I make a film, from Paris nous appartient (1961) through Jeanne la pucelle (1994), I keep coming back to the shock we all experienced when we first saw Europa 51."
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Left is the only other known drawing of La pucelle during her lifetime, made by the notary Clément de Fauquemberque in a ledger margin on the day that the news arrived in Paris of the French victory at Orleans.
Archive 2008-04-13 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Left is the only other known drawing of La pucelle during her lifetime, made by the notary Clément de Fauquemberque in a ledger margin on the day that the news arrived in Paris of the French victory at Orleans.
Another mystery de Brantigny........................ 2008
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“As for that matter,” cried the other with precipitation, “they would have no occasion to batter in breach; they would find the angle of the la pucelle bastion demolished to their hands — he, he!” — “But I believe it would surpass your understanding,” resumed the chairman, “to fill up the fosse.” — “That, I own, is impracticable,” replied the bard, “there I should meet with a hiatus maxime deflendus!”
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He just knew that he and Grace had known happiness on board the ship that had been named by her French builders for Joan of Arc, la pucelle or the virgin.
Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001
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La courtisane anaphrodite ou la pucelle libertine Correspondance
Sex for Thought Darnton, Robert 1994
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Harangue de la pucelle Jeanne au roy pour l'induire a aller a Rheims. '
Joan of Arc Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916 1893
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