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BELLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
Example:
she was the belle of the ball
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("belle" is a kind of...):
fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)
Context examples:
Bon jour, ma belle dame!
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When I came off the galley at Hythe, this very day, I down on my bones, and I kissed the good brown earth, as I kiss thee now, ma belle, for it was eight long years since I had seen it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
