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appareilleuse

A woman who brings parties together, with an amorous or procuring resonance that the context extends to political-financial mediation.

From the book

The Gods Are Athirst

Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Lemma.

A woman who brings parties together, with an amorous or procuring resonance that the context extends to political-financial mediation. Rochemaure proposes to unite legislator-journalist and banker. The sentence first notes she is still of an age for love, so the commercial mediation retains the erotic social vocabulary surrounding her.

Places to read

  1. Chapter VII, paragraph 32FrenchGrande appareilleuse: A great go-between. The immediate parties she wishes to unite are Marat and Morhardt.