Definitions

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  • noun A young woman in or from a Lusophone community.

Etymologies

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Borrowing from Portuguese senhorita.

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Examples

  • But he leads me to believe that unless the senhorita is helped spiritually she may take her own life.”

    Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966

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