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La Vallière

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[la va-lyer] / la vaˈljɛr /

noun

  1. Duchesse de Francoise Louise de la Baume Le Blanc, 1644–1710, French noblewoman and mistress of Louis XIV of France: later a religious.


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Without replying, La Vallière pointed to her rose.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

It seemed impossible that she could refine herself to a La Vallière.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett

And the gods have given her green eyes, so that she may be La Vallière to the very life.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett

We see the serene Gaignat pass, and the bustling La Vallière; the Duc d'Estrées is recognised as a busy book-hunter, and there are the physicians Hyacinthe Baron and Falconnet whose keenness no prey could escape.

From The Great Book-Collectors by Charles Isaac Elton

He is my King and my master," said La Vallière, turning to Fouquet; "I am the humblest of his servants.

From In Château Land by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

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