‖Pu‐celle″ (?), n. [F., fr. LL. pulicella, fr. L. pullus a young animal. See Pullet.] A maid; a virgin. [Written also pucel.]
Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan. B. Jonson.
La Pucelle, the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.