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belle

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belle  (bl)
n.
A popular, attractive girl or woman, especially the most attractive one of a group: the belle of the ball.
[French, beautiful, belle, from Latin bella, feminine of bellus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots.]
belle [bɛl]
n
1. a beautiful girl or woman
2. the most attractive or admired girl or woman at a place, function, etc. (esp in the phrase the belle of the ball)
[from French, feminine of beau]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bellebelle - a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball"
fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
belle
noun beauty, looker (informal), lovely, good-looker, goddess, Venus, peach (informal), cracker (informal), stunner (informal), charmer She was the belle of her Sunday school class.
Translations
belle [bel] N the belle of the ball → la reina del baile
belle
n → Schöne f, → Schönheit f; the belle of the ball → die Ballkönigin


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All this surprised and flattered her, though she did not understand it till Miss Belle looked up from her writing, and said, with a sentimental air.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
We all go to the afternoon concerts, and have a gay time, and Belle and Trix are to be there to-day; so just keep quiet, and everything will be all right.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
But this holds not always: for Augustus Caesar, Titus Vespasianus, Philip le Belle of France, Edward the Fourth of England, Alcibiades of Athens, Ismael the Sophy of Persia, were all high and great spirits; and yet the most beautiful men of their times.
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