vrouw
See also: -vrouw
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch vrouw. Doublet of frau.
Noun
vrouw (plural vrouws)
- A Dutchwoman.
- 1786, Account of the India Guide (in Walker's Hibernian magazine)
- So the Vrouws, in a minuet, solemnly prance
Like a bear, at a fair, that is tutor'd to dance.
- So the Vrouws, in a minuet, solemnly prance
- 1840, The United States magazine and Democratic review: Volume 7 (page 158)
- Those whose rank excluded them from a participation in the town deliberations drew closer to their firesides; the vrouws, both old and young, edged their seats nigher to each other […]
- 1786, Account of the India Guide (in Walker's Hibernian magazine)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vrouwe, from Old Dutch frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
vrouw f (plural vrouwen, diminutive vrouwtje n or vrouwke n)
- woman
- wife
- Synonym: echtgenote
Derived terms
Descendants
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