a. [ F. doux, masc., douce, fem., sweet, fr. L. duleis sweet. ]
And this is a douce, honest man. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction. ] One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war.
Big-looking like a doughty doucepere. Spenser.
‖n. [ F., fr. doux sweet. See Douce. ]