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meretrix (c.1136-65)
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meretrix (c.1136-65)

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meretriz  
  FEW:  meretrix 6/ii,30a Gdf:  meretris 5,257c GdfC: ∅ TL: meretriz 5,1520 DEAF:  meretriz  DMF:  mérétrice  TLF: ∅ OED:  meretrix n.  MED:  meretrix n.  DMLBS:  meretrix 1774c
ls(loanword: Latin )
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femaleprostitute: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  les levres de meretriz [...] Sunt ree de miel decorable  Salemon 3554
( MS: s.xiii )  lupa: meretrix  Gloss Garland 170

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meretrix