‖ assemblée
(asɑ̃ble)
[Fr.; see assembly.]
Var. assembly (esp. sense 7).
| 1712 Swift Jrnl. to Stella Let. xxxviii (1948) II. 460 Was last night at Lady Betty Germain's assemblée. 1787 Maty tr. Riesbeck's Trav. Germ. II. xxxi. 47 [In Hungary] every town with four or five houses in it, has its assemblèes, and redoutes. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Mar. 153/1 Mr. Tourtellot is prepared to join the ranks of the admiring assemblée and to gaze at her with uncritical eyes. |