• used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
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  • The front section of a ship or boat, A bent, curved, or arched object, A weapon consisting of a curved, flexible strip of material, especially wood, strung taut from end to end and used to launch arrows, intransitive verb_ To bend (something) into the shape of a bow, To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration
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  • Of small importance or consideration; trifling, Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances, Foolish; silly; weak in intellect, noun_ A deliberate discourtesy; a snub, A simplified and former spelling of sleigh, The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity, verb_ To treat with disdain or neglect, To make even or level, To act negligently or carelessly, transitive verb_ To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of, To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention, To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant
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  • Used as a courtesy title before the name of a man in a Spanish-speaking area, Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu, A gentleman; a man bearing the title of or addressed as ?Don?,
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  • In accord with right, convention, or courtesy; appropriate, Expected or scheduled, especially appointed to arrive, Owed or owing, adverb_ used with compass directions Directly; exactly, Directly; exactly, noun_ A charge or fee for membership, as in a club or organization, Something owed or deserve, That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll, transitive verb_ obsolete To endue,
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  • Used formerly as a courtesy title for a woman in authority or a mistress of a household, A married woman; a matron, A mother, A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady
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  • A woman who has a continuing sexual relationship with a man who is married to someone else, Used formerly as a courtesy title when speaking to or of a woman, A woman who is beloved and courted; a woman who has command over a lover's heart; a sweetheart_ now used only in poetic language or as an archaisrn, intransitive verb_ obsolete To wait upon a mistress; to be courting
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  • Used as a courtesy title before the surname or full name of a girl or single woman, A series of clothing sizes for women and girls of average height and proportions, Mistress_ a reduced form of this title, which, so reduced, came to be regarded, when prefixed to the name of a young woman or girl, as a sort of diminutive, and was especially applied to young girls (corresponding to master as applied to young boys), older unmarried girls or women being styled mistress even in the lifetime of the mother; later, and in present use, a title prefixed to the name of any unmarried woman or girl, intransitive verb_ To misfire, as an internal-combustion engine, To fail to hit or otherwise make contact with something, To escape or avoid
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  • Polite behavior, A polite gesture or remark, Willingness or generosity in providing something needed, adjective_ Given or done as a polite gesture, Free of charge
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  • An important person, A term sometimes used to describe a poor thin cheese made from whey, The inflated appearance of a gown or petticoat resulting from whirling round and making a low courtesy, supposed to resemble a large cheese; hence, a low courtesy,
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