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PARISIENNE
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• PARISIENNE (noun)
The noun PARISIENNE has 1 sense:
1. a female native or resident of Paris
Familiarity information: PARISIENNE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A female native or resident of Paris
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Parisienne" is a kind of...):
Parisian (a native or resident of Paris)
Holonyms ("Parisienne" is a member of...):
capital of France; City of Light; French capital; Paris (the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce)
Context examples
I turned my face away to conceal a smile I could not suppress: there was something ludicrous as well as painful in the little Parisienne's earnest and innate devotion to matters of dress.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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