signorina
Americannoun
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signorinas,
plural
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signorine
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of signorina
1810–20; < Italian; diminutive of signora signora; see -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Angela played her part by being good, like a signorina should.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No, no," Stefano said; "the little signorina is not to be trusted;" and taking her hand in his, he prepared to lead her along the sunny road to the Villa Lucia.
From A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream by Emma Marshall
If, by any chance, they should discover any one—" "The signorina need not be frightened; I saw the man go myself!
From The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Listen, signorina, and of your goodness listen with kindness in your heart.
From The Man Who Rose Again by Joseph Hocking
A thousand pardons, signorina; I did not know that your brother was an artist.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid
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 by Charles Reade
"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 Emma Marshall
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 Charles Reade
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 Frank Wiles
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 Mary Alsop King Waddington
Oh, signori and signorine, what an exquisite town this Venice is!
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
"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
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
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