maison de tolérance

English

Etymology

From French maison de tolérance.

Noun

maison de tolérance (plural maisons de tolérance)

  1. A licensed brothel.
    • 1913, Rebecca West, “Lynch Law”, in Jane Marcus, editor, The Young Rebecca, Virago, published 1982, page 209:
      We see abroad in the regulations of the maison de tolerance how a contempt for an immoral person, given its head and encouraged, may become a hellish cruelty threatening even the innocent.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1065:
      Lord Galen has been frequenting the maisons de tolérance of the city, and in one of them he ran into Cade, who has suddenly started to take an interest in the low life.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ.zɔ̃ də tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s/, /me.zɔ̃ də tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃s/

Noun

maison de tolérance f (plural maisons de tolérance)

  1. (historical, before 1946) (licensed) brothel, maison de tolérance
    Synonyms: bordel, maison close, maison publique
    • 1874, Julien François Jannel, De la prostitution dans les grandes villes au dix-neuvième siècle, page 223:
      Les maisons de tolérance de l’ancienne banlieue ou du voisinage des casernes sont, pour la plupart d’anciens cabarets ouverts à la prostitution et qui ont été transformés en maison tolérées.
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Descendants

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