Donan.
/ˈdəʊn(j)ə/ 1. Chiefly in form Doña. A (Spanish or Portuguese) lady. Also prefixed to the name as a title of courtesy.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lady
ladyc1225
duchess1393
dame1530
Dona1622
Donna1670
grande dame1775
ladyship1785
señora1818
milady1824
prima donna1834
senhora1841
seigneuress1888
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for woman of rank > for foreign woman of rank
Madonna1584
Dona1622
begum1634
khanum1824
khatun1834
sheikha1853
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. x. 204 We forget to goe for Doña Beatriz the new marryed Bride.
a1674 in Dryden's Wks. (1884) VIII. 513 Was there never a Dona in all Spain worthy your kindness?
1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student i. i. 10 Doña Serafina and her cousins.
2. slang. (in form dona, also donah, doner.) A woman; a sweetheart.
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the world > people > person > woman > [noun]
wifeeOE
womaneOE
womanOE
queanOE
brideOE
viragoc1000
to wifeOE
burdc1225
ladyc1225
carlinec1375
stotc1386
marec1387
pigsneyc1390
fellowa1393
piecec1400
femalea1425
goddessa1450
fairc1450
womankindc1450
fellowessa1500
femininea1513
tega1529
sister?1532
minikinc1540
wyec1540
placket1547
pig's eye1553
hen?1555
ware1558
pussy?a1560
jade1560
feme1566
gentlewoman1567
mort1567
pinnacea1568
jug1569
rowen1575
tarleather1575
mumps1576
skirt1578
piga1586
rib?1590
puppy1592
smock1592
maness1594
sloy1596
Madonna1602
moll1604
periwinkle1604
Partlet1607
rib of man1609
womanship?1609
modicum1611
Gypsy1612
petticoata1616
runniona1616
birda1627
lucky1629
she-man1640
her1646
lost rib1647
uptails1671
cow1696
tittup1696
cummer17..
wife1702
she-woman1703
person1704
molly1706
fusby1707
goody1708
riding hood1718
birdie1720
faggot1722
piece of goods1727
woman body1771
she-male1776
biddy1785
bitch1785
covess1789
gin1790
pintail1792
buer1807
femme1814
bibi1816
Judy1819
a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823
wifie1823
craft1829
shickster?1834
heifer1835
mot1837
tit1837
Sitt1838
strap1842
hay-bag1851
bint1855
popsy1855
tart1864
woman's woman1868
to deliver the goods1870
chapess1871
Dona1874
girl1878
ladykind1878
mivvy1881
dudess1883
dudette1883
dudine1883
tid1888
totty1890
tootsy1895
floozy1899
dame1902
jane1906
Tom1906
frail1908
bit of stuff1909
quim1909
babe1911
broad1914
muff1914
manhole1916
number1919
rossie1922
bit1923
man's woman1928
scupper1935
split1935
rye mort1936
totsy1938
leg1939
skinny1941
Richard1950
potato1957
scow1960
wimmin1975
womyn1975
womxn1991
the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend
lief971
ladya1393
ladyshipa1393
speciala1400
amiec1400
womanc1400
amoreta1425
mistressc1425
paramoura1450
fair ladya1470
girl?a1513
sooterkin1530
Tib1533
she1547
lady-love1568
jug1569
young lady1584
pigeon1592
love-lass1594
lass1596
dowsabel1612
swainling1615
lucky1629
Dulcinea1638
Lindabrides1640
inamorata1651
baby1684
best girl1691
lady friend1733
young woman1822
moll1823
querida1834
sheila1839
bint1855
tart1864
babykins1870
Dona1874
novia1874
fancy-girl1892
girlfriend1892
cliner1895
tootsy1895
dinah1898
best1904
twist and twirl1905
jane1906
kitten1908
patootie1918
meisie1919
bride1924
gf1925
jelly1931
sort1933
a bit (also piece) of homework1945
beast1946
queen1955
momma1964
mi'jita1970
her indoors1979
girlf1991
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 147 Dona and feeles, a woman and children.
1875 Athenæum 24 Apr. 545 A circus man almost always speaks of a circus woman, not as a woman, but a dona.
1887 J. Farrell How he Died 62 Blokes and donahs..of the foulest slums.
1894 Yellow Bk. 1 79 The little doner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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