/ bel; NAmE / noun
( old-fashioned ) a beautiful woman; the most beautiful woman in a particular place
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French , feminine of beau , from Latin bella , feminine of bellus beautiful.
BELLE
Meaning of BELLE in English
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005