enfant perdu
Americannoun
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enfants perdus
plural
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Etymology
Origin of enfant perdu
Literally, “lost child”
Example Sentences
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"The enfant perdu of Liberalism, the mainspring of Dormillière, the hope of French America!"
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
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