debauchee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of debauchee
First recorded in 1655–65, debauchee is from the French word débauché (past participle of débaucher ). See debauch, -ee
Example Sentences
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Rasputin is a Russian nickname meaning the "Debauchee."
From Time Magazine Archive
To Nicholas the Last a cryptic prophecy was made by Gregory the Debauchee: "Sire, my murder will be your murder."
From Time Magazine Archive
On one celebrated occasion the Black Monk had persuaded the Tsar to order that he, Rasputin, should inspect the Crank Duke Nicholas' lines, and the "Debauchee" wired that he was coming.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a guest broached to the Grand Duke Alexander the subject of the notorious "Black Monk" called Rasputin, or the "Debauchee," he recoiled with a slight gesture of disgust.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Debauchee, which was brought out this year at the Duke’s House, a somewhat superficial though clever alteration of Brome’s Mad Couple Well Match’d, is no doubt from her pen.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Summers, Montague
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