Lindabridesn.
/lɪnˈdabrɪdiːz/ archaic.
Used allusively for: A lady-love, a mistress.
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the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend
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1585 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Second Pt. First Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood 75 Beeing with childe by the Emperour [Alicandro].. she was delyuered at one birth of a sonne and a daughter,..the Damsell is called Lindabrides, and the Knight Meridian.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. v. sig. F3v Amo. Lindabrides? Asot. I Sir, the Emperour Alicandro's Daughter,..(in the Knight of the Sunne). View more context for this quotation
1633 Match at Mid-night ii. E. ]
1640 J. Shirley Loves Crueltie ii. i One that I would love and honour above all, my lady-paramount and superintendent Lindabrides.
1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. i, in Comedies & Trag. 124 Such a woman is my wife, and no Lindabrides.
1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 29 When he is laid to sleep, his Landabrides and his dear friend divide the spoil.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 41 I will visit his Lindabrides, by Saint George, be he willing or no.
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