Marcel meaning

mär-sĕl'
A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.
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To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.
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To make such a hairstyle.
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A formerly popular hairstyle for women consisting of a series of even waves put with a curling iron in hair cut short.
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To put such waves in (hair)
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A masculine name.
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1889-1973; Fr. philosopher.
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A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.
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A marcel wave.
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To wave hair by the marcel method.
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(figuratively) To wave.
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Of, producing, or related to marcel waves.
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A male given name occasionally borrowed from French.
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Origin of marcel

  • After Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Marcel Sentence Examples

  • (1900) P. 46; Marcel Bertrand, " Deformation tetraedrique de la terre et deplacement du pole," Comptes rendus Acad.

  • Mention may be made of Stahelin's Leben Davids (Basel, 1866), still valuable for the numerous parallels adduced from oriental history; Cheyne's Aids to Devout Study of Criticism (1892), a criticism of David's history in its bearing upon religion; Marcel Dieulafoy, David the King (1902), full, but not critical; H.

  • Marcel's Reproductions de cartes et de globes relatives a la decouverte de l'Amerique du XVI' au X VIII siecle (Paris, 1893) and E.

  • 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.

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