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  1. 1. n. In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided. Source: opted
  2. 2. In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided. Source: webster
  3. 3. In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers,and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so calledfrom the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which manyof them resided. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided. Source: ecdict

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