Question 1

What does the French word "lorette" mean?

Accepted Answer

Name given to certain women of pleasure, who occupy a middle ground between the grisette and the kept woman, not having a steady occupation like the grisette, and not being attached to a man like the kept woman.

Question 2

What is the plural of the French word "lorette"?

Accepted Answer

lorettes

Question 3

What is the etymology of thr French word "lorette"?

Accepted Answer

so named from the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette district in Paris, where many of these young women lodged.

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