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Meanings of gentlewoman in English

Portuguese
senhora
Catalan
senyora
Spanish
dama

A woman of refinement.

        senhora
        Usage of gentlewoman in English
        1
        Isabel is, in the strictest sense of the word, a young gentlewoman.
        My Lady's Money
        2
        An English gentlewoman renowned in her day for her piety and charity.
        Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
        3
        The gentlewoman herself chose to attend so genteel and lovely a guest.
        Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5
        4
        But we so love the kind gentlewoman-and she mopped her eyes.
        His Grace of Osmonde / Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Lif...
        5
        The inutility of her best efforts, however, palsied the poor old gentlewoman.
        The House of the Seven Gables
        6
        She had a well-ordered house, pervaded with the spirit of a gentlewoman.
        A Houseful of Girls
        7
        And you will note in this gentlewoman's open dress also how J.
        Bunyan Characters (2nd Series)
        8
        You will not pretend to say that she is not a gentlewoman.
        The Prince of Graustark
        9
        She was brought up as good a Protestant as any English gentlewoman.
        Lazarre
        10
        Suppose you were to honour an elegant young gentlewoman with your hand.
        A Hungarian Nabob
        11
        You are a young gentlewoman who has failed to behave as such.
        A College Girl
        12
        No real gentleman, and no true gentlewoman, ever has feelings like these.
        Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays
        13
        To have intrigued with an unmarried gentlewoman, and a fellow-officer no less-
        Blood of Tyrants
        14
        There's one way in which we can always use a gentlewoman's services.
        The Eye of Zeitoon
        15
        When there some soft spoken gentlewoman makes a crack about the Yankees.
        The new yorker
        16
        An old account-book is enough for the hell of the housekeeping gentlewoman!
        The Portent and Other Stories
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        Spanish
        dama
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