anonyma

A1N1O1N1Y4M3A1

noun

A courtesan; a female prostitute.

Scrabble 12

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nounanonyma (plural anonymas)

plural anonymas

  1. 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 37
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    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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