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  marseilles

  noun

  a thick cotton fabric woven in figures or stripes with an embossed effect, chiefly for bedspreads and other coverings.
• Marseilles
  Marseilles

  noun

  a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.

marseilles

¹ American  

[mahr-saylz] / mɑrˈseɪlz /

noun

1. a thick cotton fabric woven in figures or stripes with an embossed effect, chiefly for bedspreads and other coverings.

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Marseilles ² American  

[mahr-say] / mɑrˈseɪ /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.

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Marseilles Cultural  

1. City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea; the second-largest city in France, after Paris, and its main seaport.

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“The Marseillaise,” France's national anthem, is so named because it was a martial song popular with soldiers from Marseilles, who sang it upon entering Paris in 1792.

Etymology

Origin of marseilles

First recorded in 1755–65; after Marseilles

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This morning he was dressed in a suit of the lightest gray, with a white marseilles waistcoat, over which his glittering chain shone ostentatiously.

From A Mountain Woman by Elia Wilkinson Peattie

“I’ll buy you a white marseilles bedspread on our way back from the walk,” he offered gravely.

From The Squirrel-Cage by John Alanzo Williams

Mother, the shirts were a real godsend, they do first rate; I like the fancy marseilles collar and wrist-bands.

From The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion by Walt Whitman

There was a neatness and uniformity too, in his dress—he might have been known by his blue coat, white marseilles vest, black pantaloons, and linen cambric napkin....

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Amelia Stratton Comfield

The waistcoat may be of the same material, or white duck or marseilles may be worn.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

He likes to cite a 2008 recovery in Marseilles, France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In antiquity, the Phoenicians brought techniques for making a light-bodied wine to Marseilles.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024

There is quiet confidence among Wales fans in Marseilles, even if they are not predicting a thumping victory over Argentina.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023

“We wanted to lean into the breathtaking elements of Europe with the shots of Daryl landing in Marseilles, walking towards the city on the train tracks and crossing all those beautiful landmarks,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

Isobel moves a pile of abandoned books to the desk, where her Marseilles deck rests.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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