orleans Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
  2. noun a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429
    siege of Orleans.

WordNet

Or"le*ans noun
Etymology
So called from the city of Orléans, in France.
Definitions
  1. A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.
  2. A variety of the plum. See under Plum. Eng.

Webster 1913