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col·ber·tine

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Colbertinenoun

    A kind of lace worn by women.

    Go, hang out an old frisoneer gorget, with a yard of yellow colbertine again. William Congreve, Way of the World.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Colbertinenoun

    a kind of lace

  2. Etymology: [From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Colbertine

    kol′ber-tin, n. a kind of lace, so called after Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-83), Minister of Finance to Louis XIV., a great patron of the arts.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Colbertine in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Colbertine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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