lavaliere
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lav·a·liere
(lăv′ə-lîr′)n.
1. also la·val·lière (lä′vä-lyâr′) A pendant worn on a chain around the neck.
2. A small microphone that is worn around the neck.
[French lavallière, type of necktie with a large knot, after Françoise Louise de la Baume Le Blanc, Duchesse de La Vallière (1644-1710), lover of Louis XIV.]
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lav•a•liere
orlav•a•lier
or la•val•lière
(ˌlæv əˈlɪər, ˌlɑ və-)n.
an ornamental pendant, usu. jeweled, worn on a chain around the neck.
[1915–20; after the Duchesse de La Vallière (1644–1710), a mistress of Louis XIV]
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