Frau
ən
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| —n , pl Frauen, Fraus | |
| a married German woman: usually used as a title equivalent to Mrs and sometimes extended to older unmarried women | |
| [from Old High German frouwa; related to Dutch vrouw] | |
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frau
"married woman," c.1813, from Ger. Frau "woman, wife," from M.H.G. vrouwe "lady, mistress," from O.H.G. frouwa "mistress," said to be from PIE *prowo-, from base *per- "beyond."
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