Mlle.
Americanabbreviation
noun
Etymology
Origin of Mlle
from French Mademoiselle
Example Sentences
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He must have been misled by Mlle. de la Bigne’s high-ruffed collar and yearning, pale-blue eyes.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2011
"Absolutely dazzling . . . with her white skin, golden hair, classical features," Mlle. de Chartres appears at the court of Henry II of France.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Jean Santeuil, Proust wrote of the lobster set before Mlle. de R�veillon, reason enough to provide the formula for homard � l'Am�ricaine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tell Janet Mlle. de Staal looks so nice, is so much more animated, really very pretty, so high bred and always well dressed.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
After dinner we all squeezed into a cab—mamma, my godfather, Mlle. de Brabender, and I. My godfather made me a present of some white gloves.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
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