senhoran.
/sɛnˈjɔːrə/ A term of respect applied to Portuguese ladies; hence (with a, the, etc.) a Portuguese lady.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman > in languages other than English
señora1579
senhora1803
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
1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 194 And do you, Senhora, instruct yourself in the Creed [etc.].
1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 193 To Miss Barker. Senhora Barkeriana,—it is but an awkward way of expressing the tune of those words.
1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley xl It was the Senhora's voice.
1874 Lady Jackson Fair Lusitania 82 A staid middle-aged senhora.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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