Meanings (ES + gloss)
pucela
A girl, a maiden; a virgin (often with reference to Joan of Arc).
1608 (at the earliest), Ben Jonson, letter to John Fletcher Lady or pucelle, that wears mask or fan.
Seven weeks before, Joan of Arc had ridden into Orleans. She was at the height of her strange career.…‘Maid or Witch, Pucelle or Puzzell – she is very hard to understand.’
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