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Parisienne

Parisienne \Pa`ri`si`enne"\, n. [F.] A female native or resident of Paris.

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Parisienne

Parisienne or La Parisienne means a grammatically female person or thing from Paris, France. It may also refer to:

Parisienne (cigarette)

Parisienne is a brand of cigarette owned by British American Tobacco manufactured in Boncourt, Switzerland.

Parisienne (perfume)

Parisienne is a perfume for women produced by French Fashion house Yves Saint Laurent. It was released in 2009. Its brand ambassador is Kate Moss.

Parisienne (film)

Parisienne is a 2015 French drama film directed by Danielle Arbid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

Usage examples of "parisienne".

But how would you have a Parisienne of the wealthy bourgeoisie undertake the duty, the long brave task of nursing a child, when she leads the life she does, what with receptions and dinners and soirees, and absences and social obligations of all sorts?

The Comtesse de Lorgnes laughed that laugh of light derision which is almost exclusively the laugh of the Parisienne of a certain class.

As for the despicable Third Partyists—Ollivier, Gramont, Gambetta—and the uncouth street mobs agitating for republicanism, and the coarse caricatures of His Majesty—and of me—that constantly appear in comic papers like La Vie Parisienne, why, any other monarch would by now be greasing the guillotine.

Then seating herself beside it, with the gesture of a queen and the grace of a Parisienne, she had spread the ample folds of her skirts over the compromising case, hiding it entirely from view.

I had my by now well-worn high-carbon Sabatiers rolled in with the cheap school-supply junk: hard-to-sharpen Forschner stainless steel, peeler, parisienne scoop, paring knife and sheer.