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señorita — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lass noun (chiefly Scottish and Northern English) A girl or young woman.
  • maid noun A woman employed to clean a house or do domestic work.
  • maiden adj Describing the first occurrence of something, such as a journey, speech, or attempt.
  • miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
  • señorita noun A Spanish title and form of address for a young or unmarried woman, equivalent to Miss.
  • virgin noun A person who has never had sex.

Senses

señorita is used for these senses in English:

  • Miss (often disparaging or sarcastic) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.
  • lass A girl; also (by extension) , a young woman.
  • maiden (now, _, chiefly, _, literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  • miss An unmarried woman; a girl.
  • señorita A young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.
  • virgin A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

lass — full definition

  1. noun (chiefly Scottish and Northern English) A girl or young woman.
  2. noun A sweetheart or girlfriend.

maid — full definition

  1. noun A woman employed to clean a house or do domestic work.
  2. noun (literary or old-fashioned) A young unmarried woman or girl.

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