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belles sabreuses

belles sabreuses is the plural of belle sabreuse.

Meaning of belle sabreuse

Noun

belle sabreuse (plural belles sabreuses)

  1. A gallant swordswoman; a dashing female adventurer.
    • The newspaper accounts show that several attempts were made, and not without success in two or three instances, to deprive la belle sabreuse of the points she had made, and to place her hors de combat.1896 March, Claxton Wilstach, “The Señorita of the Sword”, in Godey's Magazine, volume CXXXII, number 789, pages 257–260

Questions about belles sabreuses

What is belles sabreuses the plural of?
Belles sabreuses is the plural of belle sabreuse.

Words near belles sabreuses in the dictionary

  1. belles
  2. belles dames sans merci
  3. belles laides
  4. belles lettres
  5. belles of the ball
  6. belles sabreuses
  7. belles-letters
  8. belles-lettres
  9. belles-lettristic
  10. belleter
  11. belleters

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