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Definition of Grisette

Grisette
Grisette Gri*sette", n. [F., fr. grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of this stuff. See Gars.] A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry. --Sterne.

Meaning of Grisette from wikipedia

- The word grisette (sometimes spelled grizette) has referred to a French working-class woman from the late 17th century and remained in common use through...
- The word grisette may mean: Grisette (person), a working-class woman, originally French, or later, good-time girl Grisette (beer), a variety of beer from...
- A grisette is a variety of beer originating from the mining regions along the border of France and Belgium. It is a close relative of other farmhouse ales...
- Grisette Mountain is a 2,620-metre (8,600 ft) mountain summit located in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Colin Range, which...
- Amanita fulva, commonly called the tawny grisette or the orange-brown ringless amanita, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Amanita. It is found frequently...
- gloiocephalus, commonly known as the big sheath mushroom, rose-gilled grisette, or stubble rosegill, is a species of mushroom in the family Pluteaceae...
- Amanita constricta, commonly known as the constricted grisette or great grey-sack ringless amanita is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family...
- named Jean Valjean, who could accomplish it. Years earlier in Paris, a grisette named Fantine was very much in love with Félix Tholomyès. His friends,...
- prostitute. They stood between the kept women (courtesans) and the grisettes. A grisette had other employment and worked part-time as a prostitute whereas...
- Amanita ****ta, commonly known as the grisette or the grisette amanita, is an edible mushroom in the fungus family Amanitaceae. The cap is gray or brownish...