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taliswoman

taliswoman noun: a talisman in the form of a female figure.

Noun

taliswoman (plural taliswomen)

  1. A talisman in the form of a female figure.
    • We stare into the bottomless laminated eyes of the Virgen de Guadalupe, Hector's taliswoman against Katrina and his own dead family, and now ours against the silencing of Gloria.2012, Matthew Gavin Frank, Pot Farm, →ISBN, page 206
    • When Beverly Allen left the Geary Street apartment for her family home in Oakland later that night, she gave Brautigan the painted Mexican doll (her “taliswoman”) as a keepsake.2012, William Hjortsberg, Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan, →ISBN

Forms of taliswoman

pluraltaliswomen

Origin of taliswoman

Blend of talisman + woman.

Questions about taliswoman

What does taliswoman mean?
Taliswoman means a talisman in the form of a female figure.
What part of speech is taliswoman?
Taliswoman is a noun.
What is the plural of taliswoman?
The plural of taliswoman is taliswomen.

Words near taliswoman in the dictionary

  1. talismanists
  2. talismanned
  3. talismanning
  4. talismans
  5. talismen
  6. taliswoman
  7. taliswomen
  8. talith
  9. Talitha
  10. talithes
  11. talithim

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