Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a courtesy title in a German-speaking area before the surname or professional title of an adult woman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In German use, a woman; a married woman; a wife; lady; as a title, Madame; Mrs.: as, Frau Schultze.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In Germany, a woman; a married woman; a wife; -- as a title, equivalent to Mrs., Madam.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The surname "Frauenlob" is said to have been given to him because in a poetic contest with the poet Barthel Regenbogen he maintained that the term Frau (in the sense of "lady", "mistress") was superior to
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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His Boheme in Santa Fe this year was atrocious, and this Frau is only slightly better.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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His Boheme in Santa Fe this year was atrocious, and this Frau is only slightly better.
Opera mit Schatten 2007
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SOCHAUX GOAL: Pierre-Alain Frau in the 12th minute
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Pierre-Alain Frau (PENALTY GOAL) in the 79th minute
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SOCHAUX GOAL: Pierre-Alain Frau in the 40th minute
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SOCHAUX GOAL: Pierre-Alain Frau in the 10th minute
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Mickael Llorente, M (85) Pierre-Alain Frau, S (46)
French Soccer League (Le Championat) - Montpellier vs. Sochaux 2002
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They would test every gene in Frau H. 's cancer cells until they found the one that made the marker recognized by her T cells.
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Every one of these genes came to light in Frau H. 's cancer cells before being found in other people's normal cells, and all were ferreted out using Frau H. 's T cells.
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