Etymology

pure laine

Today it means: Of or pertaining to francophone Quebecers of "pure" French ancestry, descended from settlers in New France. Full definition →

French pure laine
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  1. French · borrowed frompure laine
  2. English todaypure laine

From French pure laine (literally “pure wool”).

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