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libelles

libelles is the plural of libelle.

Meaning of libelle

Noun

libelle (plural libelles)

  1. (historical) A pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.
    • What sort of political work was the libelle of 1870 doing? The people already knew that Napoléon III was not infallible, since he had just been captured.2020, Collin Foss, The Culture of War - Literature of the Siege of Paris 1870-1871, →ISBN, page 193

Questions about libelles

What is libelles the plural of?
Libelles is the plural of libelle.

Words near libelles in the dictionary

  1. libelled
  2. libellee
  3. libellees
  4. libeller
  5. libellers
  6. libelles
  7. libelleth
  8. libelling
  9. libellist
  10. libellists
  11. libellize

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