gentlewoman

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1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Translations
  - 1.1.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

gentlewoman (plural gentlewomen)

(obsolete) A woman of the nobility
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Macbeth:
  
  Gentlewoman: Since his majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her night-gown upon...

[edit] Translations

woman of the nobility

Greek: κυρία (el) (kiría) f., αρχοντογυναίκα (el) (arkhontoginéka) f.

[edit] See also

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