distinguée

American  

[dis-tang-gey, dih-stang-gey, dee-stan-gey] / ˌdɪs tæŋˈgeɪ, dɪˈstæŋ geɪ, di stɛ̃ˈgeɪ /

adjective

1. (of a woman) having an air of distinction; distinguished.

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Etymology

Origin of distinguée

< French, feminine of distingué distingué ( def. )

Example Sentences

At another were to be seen some American seamen, scrupulously neat in their attire, and with an air distinguée, from the superiority of their education, and all of them quiet and sober.

From Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend by Marryat, Frederick

Je m'empresse à cette occasion, Monsieur, de renouveler à votre Excellence l'assurance de ma considération très distinguée.

From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria

His father was a well-to-do Jewish merchant; and his mother, the daughter of the famous physician and Aulic Counlor Von Geldern, was, according to her son, a "femme distinguée."

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

Le soussigné, chargé d'affaires des Etats Unis de l'Amérique, saisit avec empressement cette occasion d'offrir à votre Majesté l'expression de sa considération la plus haute et la plus distinguée.

From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria

Agréez, Monsieur, l'assurance de ma considération très distinguée.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)