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pucelle

noun
/pʊˈsɛl/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pucele, Middle French pucele, perhaps from a Late Latin *pullicella, but the further etymology is disputed. Compare Sicilian pulla.

  1. derived from *pullicella✻
  2. derived from pucele
  3. derived from pucele

Definitions

  1. A girl, a maiden

    A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc).

    • But what's that Puzell whom they tearme so pure?
    • Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan.
    • There might have been a hundred Jeanne d'Arcs, all definable as pucelle or maid, just as we say “spinster”: we even read of one in the time of the Revolution.

  2. A prostitute, a slut.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA