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BLANCHE
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Arthurian Legend
White flower.
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Italian
White; shining. AFrench Blanche.
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Arthurian Legend
White flower.
Female
French
Variant spelling of French Blancheflour, BLANCHEFLEUR means "white flower." In Arthurian legend, this was the name of the sweetheart of Perceval in Chrétian de Troyes' Perceval, le Conte du Graal.
Female
Arthurian
, white flower.
Female
Polish
Czech and Polish form of French Blanche, BLANKA means "white."
Female
French
Old French and Middle English form of French Blancheflour, BLANCHEFLOR means "white flower."
Girl/Female
Italian
White; shining. AFrench Blanche.
Female
Arthurian
, white flower.
Female
Spanish
Spanish form of French Blanche, BLANCA means "white."
Female
English
English variant spelling of French Blanche, BLANCH means "white."
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Italian Spanish American
White; shining. AFrench Blanche.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from Old French blanche ‘fair’, ‘white’, feminine form of blanc (see Blanc). The surname may have arisen from a nickname or from a personal name derived from this word.
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French
Italian form of French Blanche, BIANCA means "white."Â
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French
French name BLANCHE means "white."Â
Male
French
French form of Welsh Drystan, probably TRISTAN means "riot, tumult." The change in spelling is due to association with the French word triste, meaning "sad." In Arthurian legend, this was the name of a Knight of the Round Table. He was the son of Blancheflor and Rivalen (Isabelle and Meliodas in later versions), and the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall. He is the hero of the story Tristan and Iseult, in which he is sent to Ireland to fetch Isolde to wed the king but falls in love with her on their return.Â
Female
Arthurian
, white flower.
Girl/Female
French
White flower.
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Latin American French
White.
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American, Christian, French, German, Indian, Swedish
White; Fair
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of Blanch
n.
A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.
n.
The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
n.
An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
a.
Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
n.
One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher.
n.
One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
a.
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
n.
The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.
v. i.
To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun.
v. i.
To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.
n.
One who, or that which, frightens away or turns aside.
n.
A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.
n.
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.
n.
A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad.