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Taps Warhol superstar Pat Ast as vendeuse.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
10 May 2021
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, "saleswoman," going back to Middle French, from vend-, stem of vendre "to sell" + -euse, feminine agent suffix — more at vend, chanteuse