Mafiosa

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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