单词 | citoyenne |
释义 | citoyennen. In France and French-speaking countries: a female citizen. Also (frequently with capital initial) used as a title or form of address during the French Revolution (now historical). Cf. citizen n. 2c. ΚΠ 1792 Diary; or, Woodfall's Reg. 1 Dec. I therefore asked a poor citoyenne the price of bread. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. v. 123 Citoyennes who bring their seam with them, or their knitting-needles. 1860 Morning Chron. 2 Apr. 6/3 I am not what you take me for, citoyenne; I am neither a servant nor a mendicant, but I am a man, and I love you. 1922 Baroness Orczy Triumph of Scarlet Pimpernel x. 110 ‘The citoyenne Cabarrus underrates her powers,’ St. Just riposted glibly. 1946 Boys' Life Sept. 10/2 Capoulade had early presented himself as a suitor for the hand of the Citoyenne Mélanie. 2009 C. Joppke Veil ii. 42 The public school allowed the child to emancipate herself from the confines of her social background and to become a true citoyenne. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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