Synonyms for levee
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lev-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛv i |
Définition of levee
Origin :- 1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans French levée "raising, lifting; embankment," from French, originally fem. past participle of lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise" (see lever).
- noun embankment
- On a fine Sunday in term time, it is quite a Levee—quite a Levee.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Crowds of the idle and poor were streaming out toward the levee.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- He started off up the levee, but the Forecaster called him back.
- Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler
- This was why he went to the levee as soon as he saw Heathcote was not going.
- Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
- He has not got the address, without which it is useless to go to the Levee.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) » by Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
- There will certainly be a Levee on the 21st, and I suppose a Drawing-room.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) » by Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
- It was like the assembly of the immortals at the first levee of Jove.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- I was down on the levee, to see to the consignment of my freight, and run afoul of her.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
- All these things must be ready on the levee at nine, without fail.
- Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough
- This levee was a brilliant one, and the only one of the season.
- Extract from : « Behind the Scenes » by Elizabeth Keckley
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