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maison de tolérance

maison de tolérance noun: a licensed brothel.

Noun

maison de tolérance (plural maisons de tolérance)

  1. A licensed brothel.
    • We see abroad in the regulations of the maison de tolerance how a contempt for an immoral person, given its head and encouraged, may become a hellish cruelty threatening even the innocent.1913, Rebecca West, “Lynch Law”, in Jane Marcus, editor, The Young Rebecca, Virago, published 1982, page 209
    • Lord Galen has been frequenting the maisons de tolérance of the city, and in one of them he ran into Cade, who has suddenly started to take an interest in the low life.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1065

Forms of maison de tolérance

pluralmaisons de tolérance

Origin of maison de tolérance

Borrowed from French maison de tolérance.

Questions about maison de tolérance

What does maison de tolérance mean?
Maison de tolérance means a licensed brothel.
What part of speech is maison de tolérance?
Maison de tolérance is a noun.
What is the plural of maison de tolérance?
The plural of maison de tolérance is maisons de tolérance.

Words near maison de tolérance in the dictionary

  1. Maisel
  2. Maisels
  3. Maisie
  4. Maison
  5. maison de passe
  6. maison de tolérance
  7. maison dieu
  8. Maison-Carrée
  9. Maisonet
  10. Maisonets
  11. maisonette

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