ragazzan.
/raˈɡatsə/, /rəˈɡatsə/, U.S. /rəˈɡɑtsə/, /rəˈɡɑzə/ In Italy: a young woman, a girl. Cf. ragazzo n.
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the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]
daughterOE
maidenOE
young womanOE
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young ladya1393
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quean1488
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stammel1639
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zitellaa1660
baggagea1668
miss1668
baby1684
burdie1718
demoiselle1720
queanie?1800
intombi1809
muchacha1811
jilt1816
titter1819
ragazza1827
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meisie1838
sheila1839
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chica1843
femme1846
muffin1854
gel1857
quail1859
kitten1870
bud1880
fräulein1883
sub-debutante1887
sweet-and-twenty1887
flapper1888
jelly1889
queen1894
chick1899
pusher1902
bit of fluff1903
chicklet1905
twist and twirl1905
twist1906
head1913
sub-deb1916
tabby1916
mouse1917
tittie1918
chickie1919
wren1920
bim1922
nifty1923
quiff1923
wimp1923
bride1924
job1927
junior miss1927
hag1932
tab1932
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palone1934
brush1941
knitting1943
teenybopper1966
weeny-bopper1972
Valley Girl1982
1827 G. Croly May Fair i. 41 Delightful opera, that La Gazza, With Ayton playing the Ragazza.
1850 Southern Literary Messenger 16 717/2 Below are three or four blooming ragazze, who are dark-eyed, and have Roman luxuriance of hair.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. x. 172 I meant the ragazza no evil in the world, Messere.
1906 W. De Morgan Joseph Vance xliv. 404 In a day or two Beppino was bored, and..I noticed that he was keeping at a respectful distance from every ragazza.
1975 Publishers Weekly 27 Jan. 230/1 A novel concerning a ragazza of the streets grown to movie star.
2003 Edinb. Evening News 3 Apr. (What's on section) 8 Her Hollywood career has seen her become a major indie ragazza with appearances in movies such as Leaving Las Vegas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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