signorina
Americannoun
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signorinas,
plural
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signorine
plural
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
He was much amused—told him he was quite right, and that he was going to see that same signorina.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Mary Alsop King Waddington
And so I come to you, signorina, and I ask you to forget him, to forget that he ever spoke to you.
From The Man Who Rose Again by Joseph Hocking
Not one word could Dorothy understand, except, perhaps, "signorina," with which she had become familiar, and a few words which she had caught up from Stefano.
From A Flight with the Swallows Little Dorothy's Dream by Emma Marshall
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 Mayne Reid
Of both bambinos and signorinas II Duce was judge.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"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 by Charles Reade
The patrons of players and buffoons, signors and signorinas, are their friends.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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 Mary Alsop King Waddington
"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
Oh, signori and signorine, what an exquisite town this Venice is!
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
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