nereids

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nereids

  1. plural of nereid
    • 1831, L E L[andon], Romance and Reality. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, pages 269–270:
      Fashion may court the attachés to an embassy for the sake of their presence and perfumes at a party;—revolutions may occasion an interchange of deputations from the Rotunda to Mesdames les Poissardes—those political nereids who preside over the fish-market, and assist any "glorious cause" that may be in hand:—but these moments of fashion and favour are few and far between, and not very sincere at the best of times.

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