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Webster 1913 Edition


Pucelle

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Pu-celle′

,
Noun.
[F., fr. LL.
pulicella
, fr. L.
pullus
a young animal. See
Pullet
.]
A maid; a virgin.
[Written also
pucel
.]
[Obs.]
Lady or
pucelle
, that wears mask or fan.
B. Jonson.
La Pucelle
,
the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.