fräulein

A form of fraulein — A young German woman.

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Meanings

fräulein1

nounfräulein (plural fräuleins)

plural fräuleins

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fraulein.

    He was hoping to meet some fräuleins but he met some engineers from Zuffenhausen instead.

    2010, Joseph Flynn, Pointy Teeth, Stray Dog Press, →ISBN
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    At that moment, ten little girls came in, some fräuleins and some misses and some mademoiselles.

    1884, Charles Barnard, “Fräulein Mina Smidt Goes to School”, in Mary Mapes Dodge, editor, St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, volume XI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: F[rederick] Warne & Co., page 870, column 2

    About seven of us had the lion’s share of the booze, because the ‘zoot-suiters’ were far too busy dancing with the young fräuleins and feeding them sandwiches and Coca-Colas.

    1965, Finn MacMahon, Post Bellum Blues: The Personal Story of a Soldier in Trouble, The Bodley Head, page 41

Fräulein2

nounFräulein (plural Fräuleins)

plural Fräuleins

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fraulein.
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