in France, a small carriage for hire: used in the 17th-19th cent.
Origin of fiacre
Fr, after the Hôtel St-Fiacre in Paris, location of the first office for renting such vehiclesfiacre
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fiacre
noun
A small hackney carriage.
Origin of fiacre
French after the Hôtel de Saint Fiacre in ParisTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From French fiacre. From Hotel Saint-Fiacre named after Irish saint Fiacre.
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Sentence Examples
- There St Fiacre built a monastery in honour of the Holy Virgin, and to it added a small house for guests, to which he himself withdrew.
- Various relics of St Fiacre were given to princes and great personages.
- French hackney-coaches received the name of fiacre from the Hotel St Fiacre, in the rue St Martin, Paris, where one Sauvage, who was the first to provide cabs for hire, kept his vehicles.
- French hackney-coaches received the name of fiacre from the Hotel St Fiacre, in the rue St Martin, Paris, where one Sauvage, who was the first to provide cabs for hire, kept his vehicles.
- C. O'Meagher, "Saint Fiacre de la Brie," in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 3rd series, ii.
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