Boudoir
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbuːdwɑː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boudoir is a noun meaning A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
Meaning
A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
More Meanings
- (US military, slang) An army tent.
Example Sentences
I found her in her boudoir getting outside a dish of tea and a crumpet.
The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras.
Dorcas, faithful to her “young gentlemen,” denied strenuously that it could have been John’s voice she heard, and resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr. Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.
The church like a huge boudoir spread around her; the arches bent down to gather in the shade the confession of her love; the windows shone resplendent to illumine her face, and the censers would burn that she might appear like an angel amid the fumes of the sweet-smelling odours.
Word Forms
- boudoirs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bedroom, bower, closet, wardrobe, room, playroom.
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