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• victorine
  victorine

  noun

  a fur tippet with long tabs at the ends.
• Victorine
  Victorine

  noun

  a canon regular of the Order of St. Victor, founded in Paris, France, in 1110, which was famous for its learning and influence in the Middle Ages, and which became extinct during the French Revolution.

victorine

¹ American  

[vik-tuh-reen] / ˌvɪk təˈrin /

noun

1. a fur tippet with long tabs at the ends.

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Victorine ² American  

[vik-tuh-reen] / ˌvɪk təˈrin /

noun

1. a canon regular of the Order of St. Victor, founded in Paris, France, in 1110, which was famous for its learning and influence in the Middle Ages, and which became extinct during the French Revolution.

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Etymology

Origin of victorine¹

1840–50; probably after Queen Victoria; see -ine ²

Origin of Victorine²

First recorded in 1880–85, Victorine is from the French word Victorin

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Example Sentences

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victorine Victorine

At another time she had a silk shawl, a victorine around her neck, a small crucifix attached to a necklace, and little ribbons above the wrists.

From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by William Alexander Hammond

At one time she had a victorine about her neck and a wreath about her hair, then again, ornaments and a jacket on, and her hair neatly dressed with ribbons.

From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by William Alexander Hammond

The palatine royale is a fur victorine of novel form, and it may fairly claim precedence as being the first article of winter costume prepared in anticipation of the approaching change of season.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

I did wrap up warm; put on a veil, and tied my mink-skin victorine, with three tails on each tab, close around my neck.

From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

"Mr. Gage, you are too absurd," Ulrica remarked as she unwound her feather victorine.

From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

Historians analyzing Édouard Manet’s iconic Olympia now often focus on Laure, Manet’s neighbor who posed as the maid, instead of just his reclining nude, model Victorine Meurent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“COVAX was built on the status quo of market dynamics: Whoever pays the most is first in line,” says Victorine de Milliano, a policy adviser for the Doctors Without Borders Access Campaign.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 12, 2022

Farrenc laid the groundwork for a generation of female pianists to succeed as interpreters in Paris, a group that included her daughter Victorine.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Two years earlier, he had painted his favorite model, Victorine Meurent, as a cross-dressing bullfighter wielding a sword and a pink cape.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2020

With a low cry, her face turning white, Victorine staggered back.

From The Chief Justice A Novel by Karl Emil Franzos

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