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

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[ FEW: 6/ii,30a meretrix; Gdf: 5,257c meretris; GdfC: ∅; TL: 5,1520 meretriz; DEAF:  meretriz; DMF:  mérétrice; TLF: ∅; OED:  meretrix n.; MED:  meretrix n.; DMLBS: 1774c meretrix ]
meretriz  
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1femaleprostitute: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  les levres de meretriz [...] Sunt ree de miel decorable  3554
( MS: s.xiii )  lupa: meretrix  170
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