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Definition of: pucelle
(py
·sel′, Fr. pü·sel′) noun
A virgin; maid: obsolete except in the phrase La Pucelle, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans. [<OF pucele, pulcella <LL pulicella a young girl; ult. origin uncertain]
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