demirep

suomi-englanti sanakirja

demirep englanniksi

  1. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.

  2. {{quote-text|en|year=1749|author=Henry Fielding|title=Tom Jones|page=569|publisher=Folio Society|year_published=1973

  3. {{quote-text|en|year=1777|author=Richard Brinsley Sheridan|title=The School for Scandal|section=I.i

  4. 1813, (w), in a journal article about the prince.(Chambers, R.. "'The Book of Days': A miscellany of popular antiquities. Londres: W & R Chambers, 1832." Google Books):

  5. (..) in short, this delightful, blissful, wise, pleasurable, honourable, virtuous, true, and immortal prince, was a violator of his word, a libertine, over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps (..).
  6. (quote-text) the greater part of ''our'' confessions (that is, spontaneous and extra-judicial confessions) proceed from demireps, adventurers, or swindlers (..).

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  8. {{quote-text|en|year=1932|author=Duff Cooper|title=Talleyrand|page=65|publisher=Folio Society|year_published=2010