Mdlle.
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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“Did you leave the balcony, sir,” I asked, “when Mdlle. Varens entered?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
In this way Mdlle. de Querouailles, a beautiful French lady, came to London on a special mission of Louis XIV, and was adopted by our grateful country and sovereign, and figured as Duchess of Portsmouth.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
In this lamentable plight, the good providence of God led us to the house of Mdlle. de Guarrison, my wife's sister, from whence, most fortunately, a large number of soldiers, with their officers, were issuing.
From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel
These rooms had already been pointed out to Mdlle. de Belocca through the window.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.
We find him, for instance, recommending the perusal of "Mdlle. de Maupin" to a clergyman of the Established Church and sending a copy of Gautier's poems to Miss Bisland in New Orleans.
From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.
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