| 释义 |
Definition of lorette in English: lorettenoun ləˈrɛt historical A French courtesan. the lorette peeps out coyly from a theatre box Example sentencesExamples - The lorette carried within her persona all the connotations of urban display and luxury consumption.
- In this celebrated piece, the greatest success of modem times, the Lorettes were held up to public execration, and displayed in all their hideous cynicism.
- Lorettes do not pay; they have only credit.
- The assembly is not made up purely of idlers and lorettes.
- He offered his arm to the lorette, who had a rougish smile on her lips.
Synonyms mistress, paramour, kept woman
Origin Mid 19th century: French, named after the Church of Notre Dame de Lorette in Paris, near which many such women lived. |