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belle

1

[ bel ]

noun

  1. a woman or girl admired for her beauty and charm.
  2. the most beautiful, charming, or engaging woman or girl among a number:

    the belle of the ball.



Belle

2

[ bel ]

noun

  1. a first name, form of Bella.

belle

/ ²úÉ›±ô /

noun

  1. a beautiful girl or woman
  2. the most attractive or admired girl or woman at a place, function, etc (esp in the phrase the belle of the ball )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of belle1

1615–25; < French; Old French bele < Latin bella, feminine of bellus fine, good-looking. See beau
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of belle1

C17: from French, feminine of beau
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Many of them were built in the early 20th century - grand belle epoque palaces serving a then emerging class of privileged, primarily English tourists.

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He’s charismatic enough, empathetic enough and wise enough that he could be the belle of the ball next Christmas and make everybody feel like a million bucks.

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An hour later in a slightly sweaty hotel ballroom bedecked with “Unionize California†signs, Friedman was being treated like the belle of the ball at the California Labor Federation’s annual awards dinner.

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Frannie, my maternal-grandmother and true Southern belle that she was, made rhubarb famous in my family, not only because of how much she loved Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie but because of the way she said it.

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Later, he asked his belle of the stairwell how she might have reacted if he had asked her to marry him.

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