"mignon" meaning in English

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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from Frankish",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑn",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɒn",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒn/2 syllables"
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        "3": "",
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        "3": "",
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          "ref": "1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 264:",
          "text": "“I wish the blow he dealt to that fine essenced mignon had beat his brains out.”",
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        {
          "word": "dandy"
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization, Harvard, published 2003, page 330:",
          "text": "When the mignons, barefoot and clad in sacks with holes for their heads and feet, marched with Henry in a penitential procession, lashing their backs, one wit opined that they should have aimed their blows lower.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Rebecca Zorach, Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold, University of Chicago, published 2005, page 220:",
          "text": "Many commentators claimed hyperbolically that, because of their outrageous fashions, it was difficult to tell whether the mignons were male or female.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "One of the court favourites of Henry III of France."
      ],
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        "(historical) One of the court favourites of Henry III of France."
      ],
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪnjɑ̃/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɪnˈjɑn/",
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        "US"
      ]
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