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  • When I cook for friends/myself, the food really look unassuming. :p mevrouw cupcake, thanks!

    25 Things about myself Mandy 2008

  • Presently he went to his dinner, requesting Wim to make sure that mevrouw should have a supper tray taken to her bedroom.

    A Good Wife Neels, Betty 1999

  • "Yes, thank you, mevrouw, he's making a splendid recovery -- very soon now Mr. van Tecqx says he'll operate on the other hip."

    The Fateful Bargain Neels, Betty 1989

  • "That's a nice young lady, mevrouw," he observed with the dignified familiarity of an old family servant.

    Paradise For Two Neels, Betty 1989

  • I-- I do beg your pardon, mevrouw, I must have almost lost my wits -- please forget what I said.

    Paradise For Two Neels, Betty 1989

  • Urged forward, Emily entered the house, smiling shyly at the man who wished her a dignified "Good day 'in English and added," I shall fetch mevrouw: you are expected, mynheer.

    The Fateful Bargain Neels, Betty 1989

  • The men who had been deputed to search mounted at an order, and fell in with the patrol, and sat upon their saddles outside the courtyard wall exchanging furtive winks as the mevrouw devoted their souls and bodies to everlasting perdition.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • "Little Dierck will have something worse than the belly-ache, and you also, if you eat of broth or vegetables cooked in a vessel as unclean as that, mevrouw."

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • De uitreiking begon om vier uur met een welkomstwoord van ons aller mevrouw Neijt en meneer Haeseryn.

    KLuBBKiDD'S RaVe 2008

  • De uitreiking begon om vier uur met een welkomstwoord van ons aller mevrouw Neijt en meneer Haeseryn.

    KLuBBKiDD'S RaVe 2008

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  • A courteous form of address to a married Dutch or Afrikaans woman; madam, mistress, milady. Also, a title given to a married Dutch or Afrikaans woman, esp. a teacher.

    August 6, 2008

  • Also: an honorific used when saluting ranking officers in the Boer Feline Legion.

    August 6, 2008