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▪ I. ‖ quartier|kartje|
[Fr.: cf. quarter n. 14 a.]
1. In France: a neighbourhood, district. Also transf. Also ellipt. = Quartier Latin below.
1828Lytton Pelham I. xxiii. 192, I love that quartier—if ever I went to Paris again I should reside there. 1850Thackeray Pendennis II. vii. 73 I'm thinking of becoming a moral man..with a good reputation in my quartier. 1864Mrs Gaskell French Life in Fraser's Mag. Apr.–June 435/1 The new Boulevard..making a clear passage..through the densely populated quartier. 1896E. Dowson Let. 19 Mar. (1967) 346 It is a refreshing change after Paris and the Quartier. 1967J. Porter Chinks in Curtain 190 The nuns have a mission in Montmartre. The Princess will work there among the—er—ladies of the quartier. 1976Times 31 July 12/5 A collection of quartiers each expressing its own set of neighbourhood loyalties and prejudices.
2. Quartier Latin |kartje latɛ̃|, the Latin Quarter (of Paris). Also attrib.
1857C. Kingsley Two Yrs. Ago I. i. 17 Tom Thurnall went to Paris, and became the best pistol-shot..in the Quartier Latin. 1861in D. du Maurier Young George du Maurier (1951) 92 Physical prowess & muscular development—the natural antidotes to morbid Quartier-latin Romance. 1903Chesterton Robert Browning v. 111 The thieves' kitchens and the studios of the Quartier Latin. 1936C. Day Lewis Friendly Tree viii. 112 If everyone who comes out of the King's Head is a Bohemian, Kings Ampnett will soon rival the Quartier Latin. 1979Guardian 30 Apr. 10/6 The authentic atmosphere of Paris's Quartier Latin in the late 1950s.
▪ II. quartier
variant of quarteer. |