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Lenclos

[ lahn-kloh ]

noun

  1. 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.

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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