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grandes horizontales

grandes horizontales is the plural of grande horizontale.

Meaning of grande horizontale

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

Questions about grandes horizontales

What is grandes horizontales the plural of?
Grandes horizontales is the plural of grande horizontale.

Words near grandes horizontales in the dictionary

  1. Grandersons
  2. grandes
  3. grandes dames
  4. grandes duchesses
  5. grandes finales
  6. grandes horizontales
  7. grandes madames
  8. grandes mesdames
  9. grandes passions
  10. grandes écoles
  11. grandes-duchesses

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