"taliswoman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: taliswomen [plural]
Etymology: Blend of talisman + woman Etymology templates: {{blend|en|talisman|woman}} Blend of talisman + woman Head templates: {{en-noun|taliswomen}} taliswoman (plural taliswomen)
  1. A talisman in the form of a female figure.
    Sense id: en-taliswoman-en-noun-aeqRt0AJ Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, Matthew Gavin Frank, Pot Farm, page 206",
          "text": "We stare into the bottomless laminated eyes of the Virgen de Guadalupe, Hector's taliswoman against Katrina and his own dead family, and now ours against the silencing of Gloria.",
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          "ref": "2012, William Hjortsberg, Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan",
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          "ref": "2017, Amy Sara Carroll, REMEX: Toward an Art History of the NAFTA Era, page 188",
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