Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman who is a rogue or adventurer.
  • noun The main character in a picaresque novel when that character is a woman or girl.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish pícara, feminine of pícaro, rogue; see picaro.]

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