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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
blanc·mange
  \\blə-ˈmänj, -ˈmäⁿzh\\ noun
 ETYMOLOGY  Middle English blancmanger, from Anglo-French *blanc manger, literally, white food
 DATE  14th century
: a usually sweetened and flavored dessert made from gelatinous or starchy ingredients and milk
English Etymology
blancmange
  late 14c., from 
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 blancmengier (13c.), lit. "white eating," originally a dish of fowl minced with cream, rice, almonds, sugar, eggs, etc.; from blanc "white" (also used in 
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 of white foods, e.g. eggs, cream, also white meats such as veal and chicken; see blank) + mangier "to eat" (see manger).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
blancmange
blanc·mange blE5mCnVNAmE -5mB:nV / noun[C, U]
   (BrEa cold 
dessert
 (= a sweet dish) that looks like jelly, made with milk and flavoured with fruit
   果味牛奶冻
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
blanc·mange
\bləˈmänj, -äⁿzh\ noun
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Etymology: alteration of Middle English blancmanger, from Middle French blanc manger, from blanc white (from Old French) + manger food, from Old French mangier, from mangier to eat, from Latin manducare to chew, eat — more at 
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: a dessert made from gelatinous or starchy substances and milk usually sweetened, flavored, and shaped in a mold

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