signorina
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of signorina
1810–20; < Italian; diminutive of signora signora; see -ine 1
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Angela played her part by being good, like a signorina should.
From Time Magazine Archive
Certainly not, signorina; that is, if you are not afraid to look upon one who has been a prisoner among banditti.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
"Will you excuse me for calling without an invitation, signorina?" he said.
From The Man Who Rose Again by Hocking, Joseph
A thousand pardons, signorina; I did not know that your brother was an artist.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
"Will the signorina step out for a moment and look at him?" pursued the deputy, her whisper now a little dejected.
From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Of both bambinos and signorinas II Duce was judge.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ah," Stefano said, "someone must speak, someone must speak at times to little signorinas who give pain and trouble."
From A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream by Marshall, Emma
The patrons of players and buffoons, signors and signorinas, are their friends.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
The signoras and signorinas fell upon them and gormandized; but the signors eyed them with reasonable suspicion.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles
The signoras, and signorinas, fell upon them and gormandized; but the signors eyed them with reasonable suspicion.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
Oh, signori and signorine, what an exquisite town this Venice is!
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance
It was fortunate the padre was so long delayed, for when he came up at last with the signorine she had so far recovered herself as to be standing upright, apparently absorbed in the view.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various
The coachman said he remembered me perfectly, had often driven the "signorine" to the meets, and hoped la maman was well.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
"Can any of the signorine do that?" she crowed triumphantly.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
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