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Lenclos
[ lahn-kloh ]
noun
- Anne [ahn, a, n], Ninon de Lenclos, 1620–1705?, French courtesan and wit.
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Ninon de Lenclos, as we have seen, was not strictly a courtesan, but she was a pioneer in the assertion of woman's rights.
From Project Gutenberg
The one represents Ninon de lEnclos, of whom I had never before seen a picture that answered to my idea of her.
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