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vrouw

vrouw noun: a Dutchwoman.

Noun

vrouw (plural vrouws or vrouwen)

  1. A Dutchwoman.
    • So the Vrouws, in a minuet, solemnly prance
      Like a bear, at a fair, that is tutor'd to dance.1786, “Account of the India Guide”, in Walker's Hibernian magazine
    • Those whose rank excluded them from a participation in the town deliberations drew closer to their firesides; the vrouws, both old and young, edged their seats nigher to each other[…]1840, The United States magazine and Democratic review: Volume 7, page 158

Examples of vrouw in a sentence

  • The Dutch vrouwen controlled their households as before, and governed their husbands with silken threads.1898, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer [i.e., May King Van Rensselaer], The Goede Vrouw of Mana-ha-ta at Home and in Society, 1609-1760, New...
  • […] thrifty Dutch burghers and vrouwen are busy about town and home; […]1917, Continent, page 1381:
  • But really I have never heard that the up-country vrouwen were in such a violent hurry for baftas and punjums but what the ox-wagons and local stores there could keep them supplied.1968, R[alph] N[ixon] Currey, editor, Letters and Other Writings of a Natal Sheriff, Thomas Phipson 1815-76, Cape Town: Oxford University...

Forms of vrouw

pluralvrouws
pluralvrouwen

Origin of vrouw

Borrowed from Dutch vrouw. Doublet of frau, frow, and vrou.

Questions about vrouw

What does vrouw mean?
Vrouw means a Dutchwoman.
How do you use vrouw in a sentence?
The Dutch vrouwen controlled their households as before, and governed their husbands with silken threads.
What part of speech is vrouw?
Vrouw is a noun.
What is the plural of vrouw?
The plural of vrouw is vrouws.

Words near vrouw in the dictionary

  1. vrooms
  2. vros
  3. vrot
  4. vrou
  5. vrous
  6. vrouw
  7. vrouwen
  8. vrouws
  9. vrow
  10. vrows
  11. Vrpolje

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