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mevrouwen

mevrouwen is the plural of mevrouw.

Meaning of mevrouw

Noun

mevrouw (plural mevrouws or mevrouwen)

  1. A Dutchwoman, especially a Dutch or Afrikaner mistress.
    • You’re more like the English who think themselves vastly superior to us and mix only with Mevrouwen and Heeren.1917, Emilie Benson Knipe, Alden Arthur Knipe, A Maid of Old Manhattan, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 24

Origin of mevrouwen

From Dutch mevrouwen.

Questions about mevrouwen

What is mevrouwen the plural of?
Mevrouwen is the plural of mevrouw.

Words near mevrouwen in the dictionary

  1. mevinphos
  2. Mevlevi
  3. Mevlevis
  4. MEVN
  5. mevrouw
  6. mevrouwen
  7. mevrouws
  8. MeVs
  9. mevushal
  10. mew
  11. mew gull

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