A woman of France; also misapplied, † a woman of ancient Gaul.
1593. Shaks., 2 Hen. VI., I. iii. 143.
| Duch. Was’t I? yea, I it was, prowd French-woman: | |
| Could I come neere your Beautie with my Nayles, | |
| I could set my ten Commandements in your face. |
1600. [see FRENCHMAN 1 b].
1870. Emerson, Soc. & Solit., vii. 148. It was a fine efflorescence of fine powers; as was said of the letters of the Frenchwoman,—‘the charming accident of their more charming existence.’
