Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A French peasant woman; hence, any countrywoman.
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Examples
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Ensemble, ils ont mené la tradition paysanne à un nouveau niveau de sophistication.
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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Curls of an improbable wheat blond clustered beneath a straw bonnet, à la paysanne.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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Ensemble, ils ont mené la tradition paysanne à un nouveau niveau de sophistication.
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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The paysanne countrywoman is happy to transmit this extraordinary life to, I hope, our grandchildren.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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The paysanne countrywoman is happy to transmit this extraordinary life to, I hope, our grandchildren.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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En face de cette vieille paysanne de soixante-treize ans, débile mentale, en plein processus démentiel, je sens tout à coup s'effondrer les antennes par lesquelles je touche et par lesquelles je suis touché.
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In vain did my reason suggest the respect that I owed to my dear mistress Narcissa; the idea of that lovely charmer rather increased than allayed the ferment of my spirits; and the young paysanne had no reason to complain of my remembrance.
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The former seems really _à la paysanne_, while the latter, in addition to some want of grace, suggests _Bloomer_, and the many absurdities which have been connected with that name.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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-- Quel avertissement la dame lui avait-elle donné -- Est-ce que la paysanne est parvenue à s'expliquer cette manie de Madame?
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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Une paysanne avait réussi à se louer à la ville; plus tard elle est revenue faire une visite chez les siens.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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