"señorita" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɛn.jə.ˈɹiː.tə/ [Anglicised] Forms: señoritas [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtə Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish señorita. Doublet of senhorita. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|señorita}} Spanish señorita, {{doublet|en|senhorita}} Doublet of senhorita Head templates: {{en-noun}} señorita (plural señoritas)
  1. A young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community. Translations (courtesy title for an unmarried woman in a Hispanophone country): senjoriita (Estonian), сеньори́та (senʹoríta) [feminine] (Russian), señorita [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-señorita-en-noun--53FpHkm Disambiguation of 'courtesy title for an unmarried woman in a Hispanophone country': 86 14
  2. A small species of wrasse, Oxyjulis californica. Categories (lifeform): Wrasses
    Sense id: en-señorita-en-noun-aKrBwd6H Disambiguation of Wrasses: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: senorita

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