Definitions
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- noun A young woman in or from a
Lusophone community.
Etymologies
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Borrowing from Portuguese senhorita.
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Examples
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But he leads me to believe that unless the senhorita is helped spiritually she may take her own life.”
Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966
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