Definition of "fiacres" [fiacres]

• Plural form of fiacre. (noun)

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• "He is the patron saint of gardeners and the cabdrivers of Paris, whose vehicles are called fiacres, since the first coach for hire in Paris was located near the Hotel Saint-Fiacre."
• "His vehicles were not called taxis, but "fiacres" as they operated from a depot near the shrine to St. Fiacre."
• "The comings and goings of the fiacres had greatly agitated him."