Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Lorette
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun ‖Lo`rette"
In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided.
Etymology: F
Wiktionary
From French lorette.
- (dated) A woman of low morals, especially associated with the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette district of Paris.
lorette was also found in the following language(s): French