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де́вка — meaning in English

devka

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English meaning

  • broad adj Wide, either physically or in scope or range.
  • wench noun An old-fashioned or humorous term for a young woman, sometimes used at Renaissance fairs or in historical fiction.

Senses

де́вка is used for these senses in English:

  • broad (US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated) A woman or girl.
  • wench (specifically) A girl or young woman of a lower class.
  • wench (archaic, now, dialectal, or, humorous, possibly, offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
  • wench (archaic) A promiscuous woman; a mistress.

broad — full definition

  1. adj Wide, either physically or in scope or range.
  2. adj General rather than detailed or specific.

wench — full definition

  1. noun An old-fashioned or humorous term for a young woman, sometimes used at Renaissance fairs or in historical fiction.
  2. noun Historically, a female servant.

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