FONTANGES

Noun

fontanges

plural of fontange

Source: Wiktionary


FONTANGE

Fon`tange", n. Etym: [F., from the name of the first wearer, Mlle. de Fontanges, about 1679.]

Definition: A kind of tall headdress formerly worn. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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