Meanings
plural anonymas
- obsoleteA courtesan; a female prostitute.
A 'fine lady,' presumably an Anonyma of the period, finds herself in the fastness of a spunging house; […]
1880, Joseph Grego, Rowlandson the Caricaturist: A Selection from His Works, page 371 more example
They have seen women of rank, and parvenues, chaste maidens and anonymas, in a confused and gaudy glare of barbarous splendour.
1869, Fanny Aikin Kortright, Pro aris et focis. [On women's work.], page 30
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anonyma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anonyma
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