lorette

plural lorettes

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

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

   1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XVIII The Disclosure”, in Queen's Folly

1. A female given name, variant of Loretta.

   Miss Karen Lorette Schaumber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schaumber of Greenwich, Conn., was married at noon today to John James Ferguson, […]

   1967 November 26, “Miss Karen L. Schaumber Married”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   Mrs. Reese’s daughters, Geraldine, 2, and Lorette, 6 months, were reported to be in serious condition at the hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation.

   1967 January 14, “2 Children Killed in Coney Island Fire”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Lorette Ivy Simon, a daughter of Irene and Stanley Simon of Riverdale, the Bronx, was married on Monday to Dr. Keith Mark Gross, the son of Arlene Special of La Jolla, Calif., and the late Bernard Gross. Rabbi Jacob Sodder performed the ceremony at the Plaza in New York.

   1995 July 9, “Weddings: Lorette I. Simon, Keith M. Gross”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2014