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Frenchwoman

[ french-woom-uhn ]

/ ˈfrɛntʃˌwʊm ən /

noun, plural French·wom·en.

a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.

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Origin of Frenchwoman

First recorded in 1585–95; French + woman

Words nearby Frenchwoman

Frenchweed, French West Africa, French West Indies, French window, French windows, Frenchwoman, Frenchy, Freneau, frenectomy, frenemy, Frenet formula

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Example sentences from the Web for Frenchwoman

With a bit of prompting from him, I do catch hints of “a Frenchwoman in cheap jasmine perfume, smoking a cigarette.”
NY Museum Stages First ‘Scent’ Exhibit|Blake Gopnik|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Here was a man who could tell them something of the old Frenchwoman, at last!
Uncle Silas|J. S. LeFanu
She was a Frenchwoman, a beauty, and a little—a very little—of a coquette.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450|Various
Were she a Frenchwoman she would have said, But, sir, you are droll.
The Message|Louis Tracy

You cannot understand that, my child, you who are not a Frenchwoman.
The Garden of Swords|Max Pemberton
I own to you I could not understand a Frenchwoman sitting her horse in this fashion.
The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II.(of II)|Charles James Lever

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