"pucelle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pʊˈsɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pucelle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pucelles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pucele, Middle French pucele, perhaps from a Late Latin *pullicella, but the further etymology is disputed. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|pucele}} Anglo-Norman pucele, {{uder|en|frm|pucele}} Middle French pucele, {{uder|en|LL.|*pullicella}} Late Latin *pullicella Head templates: {{en-noun}} pucelle (plural pucelles)
  1. (archaic) A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc). Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Female people Translations (virgin): virgulino (Esperanto), pucelle [feminine] (French), παρθένα (parthéna) [feminine] (Greek), pulzella [feminine] (Italian), pucela [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pucelle-en-noun-yRFmPurC Disambiguation of Female people: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'virgin': 95 5
  2. (obsolete) A prostitute, a slut. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-pucelle-en-noun-95pLCwgV Disambiguation of Sex: 21 79

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