Meaning of pucelle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc).
   archaic
2. A prostitute, a slut.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Seven weeks before, Joan of Arc had ridden into Orleans. She was at the height of her strange career.…‘Maid or Witch, Pucelle or Puzzell – she is very hard to understand.’”

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