Lorette

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A woman of low morals, especially associated with the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette district of Paris. dated

    "Wife or mistress, lorette or lady, there is but one fate for us!"

Example

More examples

"Wife or mistress, lorette or lady, there is but one fate for us!"

Etymology

From French lorette.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.