fete day

noun

1. a festival day.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fete day¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Some persons saw the 25th of August, which was the fete day of the Empress, arrive with feelings of curiosity.

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Monsieur Savinien came by the mail-post the night before his mother's fete-day; but we did not know it.

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Ville-aux-Fayes has no fair, for its fete-day, the Saint-Sylvestre, happens in winter.

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This particular day was a fete-day well known to the Cruchotines and the Grassinists.

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