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senhorita
[ seen-yuh-ree-tuh, seyn-; Portuguese se-nyaw-ree-tuh ]
noun
plural senhoritas
- a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. : Srta.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of senhorita1
1870–75; < Portuguese, diminutive of senhora
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Example Sentences
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Alem�n boosted Senhorita Amar to stardom in Mexican films.
The senhorita's chaperon is still regarded as a conventional desideratum, and courtship, if not quite as much a "long distance" communication as among the Puritans of New England when the "courting-stick" was in vogue, is yet largely regulated according to the customs of the mother country, and generally involves the presence of the family.
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