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‖ fête-champêtre
[Fr.; f. fête (see fête n.) + champêtre rural:—L. campestrem, f. campus a field.]
An outdoor entertainment, a rural festival.
1774H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1857) VI. 88 He gives her a most splendid entertainment..and calls it a fête champêtre. 1800M. Edgeworth Belinda xi, He began to talk of the last fête champêtre at Frogmore. 1884S. Dowell Taxes in Eng. III. 281 The battue system developed into the sort of fête champêtre, with hot lunch, champagne, and liveried attendants. |