quartenier

Updated: April 30, 2025

But these thoughts the old furrier, like Louis XI., did not even say to himself; his wariness went so far as to deceive his wife and son. This grave personage had long been the chief man of the richest and most populous quarter of Paris, that of the centre, under the title of quartenier, the title and office which became so celebrated some fifteen months later.

Honoré de Balzac - Catherine De Medici