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grande horizontale

grande horizontale noun: a high-status prostitute; a courtesan.

Noun

grande horizontale (plural grandes horizontales)

  1. A high-status prostitute; a courtesan.
    • The dedicated dancer, moved by some ‘inner vision’ that Martha Graham, for one, saw in her, was now well on the way to becoming a grande horizontale.1990, Angela Carter, “Barry Paris: Louise Brooks”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 477
    • During at least one of his trips to Paris between 1867 and 1870, Bertie went to visit the grande horizontale La Païva at number 25, Champs Élysées, a magnificent building that has survived to the modern day and now houses a restaurant on its ground floor.2014, Stephen Clarke, Dirty Bertie, page 148

Forms of grande horizontale

pluralgrandes horizontales

Origin of grande horizontale

From French grande horizontale.

Questions about grande horizontale

What does grande horizontale mean?
Grande horizontale means a high-status prostitute; a courtesan.
What part of speech is grande horizontale?
Grande horizontale is a noun.
What is the plural of grande horizontale?
The plural of grande horizontale is grandes horizontales.

Words near grande horizontale in the dictionary

  1. grande dame
  2. Grande Dame Guignol
  3. grande duchesse
  4. grande finale
  5. grande finales
  6. grande horizontale
  7. Grande Ile
  8. Grande Isle
  9. grande madame
  10. grande madames
  11. grande passion

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