ˈfrȯiˌlīn sometimes -rau̇ˌ- or -rȯˌ- noun
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Etymology: German, from Middle High German vrouwelīn young lady, diminutive of vrouwe lady, mistress, from Old High German frouwa — more at frau
1. usually capitalized : miss — usually used before the name of an unmarried German girl or woman
2.
a. : a usually young unmarried woman especially of Germany
an operetta about the love of an American GI for a fräulein — Percy Winner
a German fräulein with bare and sunburned legs and plaited hair — Negley Farson
b. : a German governess
the parties of children that used to be seen hurrying along the avenue at the close of the afternoon, in the care of nannies or mademoiselles or fräuleins — Rebecca West