soignante (c.1165)
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soignante (c.1165)

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[FEW: 17,273b *sunni; Gdf: 7,439c soignant; GdfC: ∅; TL: 9,760 soignant; DEAF:  soign (soignante); DMF:  soignante; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 3113a soignanta]
sognante,  soignant,  soinante,  soinnante,  songnante;  suignante,  suinante,  suingnante,  suinnante  

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1femaleconcubine, woman who cohabits with a man outside of marriage: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Si il laissast pur sa suinant Que d’espuse n’eust enfant  54.323
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Dis e uit femmes out e seisante suinnantes  147
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )   Quant s'espuse ne pot aveir, Soignante quert a soun volair  178
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Cleopatra [...], qu’il =Caesar tint a songnante  126.R48.5
assoignante  soign  soignantage  soignanterie  soignantie  soignement  soigner  soigneurousement  soignous  soignousement 
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