Definition of "Parisienne"

It is so natural to a Parisienne, even when passion has almost mastered her, to hesitate and pause before taking the plunge.

1900, translated from Honoré de Balzac's The Works of Honoré de Balzac, page 157

Proclaiming taste to be a learned as much as an inborn trait, they sought to establish themselves as aesthetic educators of the vulnerable, unschooled Parisienne.

2001, Lisa Tierstan, Marianne in the Market, California, page 122