"lioncelle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lioncelles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lioncelle (plural lioncelles)
  1. (heraldry) Alternative form of lioncel Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lioncel Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-lioncelle-en-noun-UudgUkXk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  2. (specifically) Treated as feminine and applied figuratively to a woman; a lioness. Tags: specifically
    Sense id: en-lioncelle-en-noun-hq7D~j5q

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] he would no more have thought of asking a young innocent girl to cast in her lot with him for better or for worse, than he would have sat down to play piquet with a boy who could not count the points of the game. Neither did the taming of a lioncelle tempt him a whit.",
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