Amatrice

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female amateur. rare

    "An amatrice, who practised in the fine arts, flourished at Venice at the date of 1780."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of amatrix. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "Mrs. North, Press Correspondent, gave her a large leather hand bag and Mrs. Maxwell, on behalf of the four Corps of Utah, presented her with a brooch made in Salt Lake from Utah gold and set with an amatrice setting, a newly discovered mine, and is very valuable."

Synonyms

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amateuse

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"An amatrice, who practised in the fine arts, flourished at Venice at the date of 1780."

Etymology

From French amatrice, female equivalent of amateur.

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