Mafiosa
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Mafiosa. alt-of
"Signora Soprano is a neighborhood Italian girl who knew exactly what she was getting into when she married Tony and is not above acting like a mafiosa herself when it suits her."
- 2 A female member of the Mafia. uncommon
"Once the steam-roller was started nothing could stop it. It crushed indifferently men of ideas and the Mafiosa, sixty-two-year-old “Queen of Ganci.”"
Example
More examples"Signora Soprano is a neighborhood Italian girl who knew exactly what she was getting into when she married Tony and is not above acting like a mafiosa herself when it suits her."
Etymology
From Italian mafiosa.
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