/seen'yeuh ree"teuh, sayn'-/ ; Port. /se'nyaw rddee"teuh/ , n. , pl. senhoritas /-teuhz/ ; Port. /-teuhsh/ .
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbr.: Srta.
[ 1870-75;
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