Marcel Definition

mär-sĕl
marcelled, marcelling, marcels
noun
A formerly popular hairstyle for women consisting of a series of even waves put with a curling iron in hair cut short.
Webster's New World
A masculine name.
Webster's New World
A marcel wave.
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verb
To put such waves in (hair)
Webster's New World
To make such a hairstyle.
American Heritage
pronoun
A male given name occasionally borrowed from French.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of, producing, or related to marcel waves.
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Other Word Forms of Marcel

Noun

Singular:
marcel
Plural:
marcels

Origin of Marcel

  • After Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Marcel Sentence Examples

  • Answering the entreaties of Marcel he returned to Paris on June 1358, and became captain-general of the city, which was soon besieged by the dauphin.

  • This position, however, did not prevent him from negotiating both with the dauphin and with the English; terms were soon arranged with the former, and Charles, having lost much of his popularity, left Paris just before the murder of Marcel in July 1358.

  • He ran great danger at the estates of Compiegne in May 1358, where his dismissal was demanded, and he had to flee to St Denis, where Charles the Bad and Etienne Marcel came to find him.

  • After the death of Marcel, he tried, unsuccessfully, to deliver Laon, his episcopal town, to the king of Navarre, and he was excluded from the amnesty promised in the treaty of Calais (1360) by King John to the partisans of Charles the Bad.

  • A self-compensating brake of another kind, by Marcel Deprez, was described with Carpentier's in 1880 (Bulletin de la societe d'encouragement, Paris).

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Words Starting With

MMAMAR

Words Ending With

LELCEL

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With L