bonne
noun
a maid-servant.
bonnes
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pluralof bonne.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At a rally in Paris, about 500 women proclaimed their solidarity with Diallo: "Nous sommes toutes les bonnes."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2011
In Paris, the old-fashioned bonnes are few and far between.
From Time Magazine Archive
We stood with the bonnes and babies under the trees of the square before it, gazing up at the belfry with most severe countenances,—and learned, afterwards, that the bell had been long since removed!
From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton
The Treasury clerk pursed his lips and continued, emphasizing every word: "I have never had any bonnes fortunes, messieurs; and I don't propose to begin now that I am married."
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Charles Paul de Kock
It is only dans les bonnes maisons, said he, "that servants ever listen at the doors."
From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Charles James Lever
