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roquelaure

American  
[rok-uh-lawr, -lohr, roh-kuh-, rawkuh-lawr] / ˈrɒk əˌlɔr, -ˌloʊr, ˈroʊ kə-, rɔkəˈlɔr /

noun

PLURAL

roquelaures
  1. a cloak reaching to the knees, worn by men during the 18th century.


roquelaure British  
/ ˈrɒkəˌlɔː /

noun

  1. a man's hooded knee-length cloak of the 18th and 19th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of roquelaure

First recorded in 1710–20; named after the Duc de Roquelaure (1656–1738), French marshal

Example Sentences

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Roquelaure, she wrote an erotic series known as the “Sleeping Beauty” novels.

From Seattle Times

Rice also wrote erotic fiction under the pseudonyms Anne Rampling and AN Roquelaure, including Exit to Eden.

From BBC

Roquelaure, her Sleeping Beauty trilogy is an explicit S&M fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times

Anne Rice has written erotic fiction as A. N. Roquelaure.

From Seattle Times

Rice first published the Sleeping Beauty trilogy in the 1980s under the pseudonym AN Roquelaure because she "needed the anonymity of the pen name to write freely, to pursue an authentic erotica without being inhibited or self-conscious".

From The Guardian