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coquettes

coquettes is the plural of coquette.

Meaning of coquette

Noun

coquette (plural coquettes)

  1. A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
    • Though, I confeſs, Paris has its Charms; but to me they are like thoſe of a Coquette, gay and gavvdy; they ſerve to amuſe vvith, but a Man vvould not chuſe to be marry'd to them.1721, [Colley] Cibber, The Refusal; or, The Ladies Philosophy: A Comedy. […], London: […] B[arnaby Bernard] Lintot, […]; W[illiam] Mears, […]; and W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 2
  2. Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis.

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Phrases with coquettes

Questions about coquettes

What is coquettes the plural of?
Coquettes is the plural of coquette.

Words near coquettes in the dictionary

  1. coquette
  2. coquetted
  3. coquetter
  4. coquetters
  5. coquettery
  6. coquettes
  7. coquetting
  8. coquettings
  9. coquettish
  10. coquettishly
  11. coquettishness

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