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bergère definition

ber·gère or bergere ber·gere′ (ber z̸her′)

noun

an upholstered armchair, or one with caned seat, back, and sides and loose cushions, esp. in an 18th-cent. French style

Etymology: Fr, lit., shepherdess, fem. of berger, shepherd < OFr bergier < VL berbecarius, altered < *vervecarius < L vervex, a wether

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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