Mdlle.
Americanabbreviation
plural
MdllesExample Sentences
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“Did you leave the balcony, sir,” I asked, “when Mdlle. Varens entered?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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The original map was inserted by Mdlle. de Scudéry in her novel of "Clélie," Paris, 1654, et seq.,
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
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.
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.
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
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