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lavallier

lavaliere \la`va`liere"\, lavallier \la`val`lier"\, or La valliere \La val`liere"\, n. [after the Duchesse de La Valliere, a mistress of Louis XI.
--RHUD.] A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single jewelled pendant, or drop; also, the pendant itself.