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
Tommaso had done so, during the two days of his attendance; but then he presumed it to be at the instance of the signorina.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
Will not the signorina return to the drawing-room to take her cordial?
From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
I longed to see this beautiful Vale Linden, and being a lonely man without ties—well, that is all, I think, signorina.
From The Man Who Rose Again by Hocking, Joseph
Some of them were absolutely loaded with jewels of all kinds—pearls, topazes, rubies, turquoise-stones, even diamonds sparkling among the rest—the spoils drawn from the delicate fingers of many a rich signorina.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
Of both bambinos and signorinas II Duce was judge.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
According to Sicilian customs, which are almost eastern in their guardianship of signorinas, it was an unheard-of thing for a young lady in her position to take a country walk without an escort.
From The Princess of the School by Wiles, Frank
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
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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