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Definition of Fauteuil
1. Noun. An upholstered armchair.
Definition of Fauteuil
1. n. An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.
Definition of Fauteuil
1. Noun. An armchair. ¹
2. Noun. The chair of a presiding officer. ¹
3. Noun. (by extension) Membership in the (w Académie française). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fauteuil
1. an armchair [n -S] - See also: armchair
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fauteuil
Literary usage of Fauteuil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"Death of the Duke de Beaufort in Candia—Birth of the Duke da Maine—Prosperity of
the French Nation—Monsieur demands a Government and a fauteuil—Insidious ..."
2. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"33'J) tells us that "le »lue d'Orléans u'avoit point de fauteuil, mais un simple
siège pliant, a cause que nous étions dans la chambre du roi. ..."
3. Southern France, Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"The last part is made by iron ladders to the fauteuil. ... This is the fauteuil,
of which the ascent can be made only by a ..."
4. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1897)
"332) tells us that "le une d'Orléans n'avoit point de fauteuil, mais un simple
siège pliant ... The etiquette of the "fauteuil" and "chaise" is explained in ..."
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