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purpuresse (s.xiv1)
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purpuresse (s.xiv1)

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  FEW:  purpura *9,616a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  porpre (purpuresse)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  purpuress n.  MED:  purpuresse n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

femaletextileoccupationseller of purple cloth (specifically in reference to St. Lydia of Thyatira): 
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  une purpuresse de la citee des Thiathiriens  Actes (A) 369c

[hp]

See also:

enpurpuré  furfuré1  purple  purpre  purprie  purprin  purprine 
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