Fameuse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Fameuse
1800–10; < French, feminine of fameux famous
Example Sentences
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Vermonters call it "oldfashioned" because it has so many varieties�high-flavored Spitzenburg, hardy Wealthies, late-ripening Fameuse, good-cooking Greenings, fine-for-cider Russets, as well as English Pippins and an Australian species.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Northern Spy, the McIntosh, and the Fameuse are not to be excelled as they are grown in the Champlain Valley, in Vermont, or in Maine.
From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.
The Fameuse is not well liked in the South, but popular in the North, etc.
From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.
Although the Abb� de Richelieu had, as we have mentioned, departed for Hungary, the Fameuse Com�dienne retains him on the stage and makes him play a particularly odious r�le.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
Quite a number of writers, including several who are inclined to place but little confidence in the rest of the Fameuse Com�dienne, pronounce unhesitatingly for the genuineness of the above conversation.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
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