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Frau

[frou, frou] / fraʊ, fraʊ /
NOUN
madam
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Suffice to say, Frau Platter had a lot on her plate.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Every detail was meticulously curated—Poltrona Frau furniture, Byredo bathroom amenities, a Lutron lighting system, and a Bang & Olufsen sound system, to name a few.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2025

“That’s why we aim to create environments and meaningful brand interactions where people feel welcome, comfortable and inspired,” writes Belén Frau, Ingka Group’s global communication manager, in a statement to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2023

We never learn Frau Blücher’s first name, but let’s assume it’s Ruth.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2021

A needlepoint of Frau Elena’s snowy Alsatian village above the sink.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Average attendance for Germany’s top women’s league, Bundesliga Frauen, has grown by 190% in the last five years according to Euromonitor, from less than 900 in 2017 to almost 2,500 in 2022.

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2023

It’s a disappointment, says Frauen, who had hoped it would cement the area as a green energy hub.

From Washington Post Jan. 7, 2023

Frauen said he was only able to participate in bidding to develop a new turbine last year because he bought materials before the war in Ukraine sent prices soaring.

From Washington Post Jan. 7, 2023

Wolfsburg, top of Germany's Frauen Bundesliga, went ahead when the hosts failed to clear Tabea Wassmuth's shot before she escaped her marker to head in from six yards following Joelle Wedemeyer's cross.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2022

Therefore Priscilla was put into the carriage labelled Frauen, and found herself for the first time in her life alone with what she had hitherto only heard alluded to vaguely as the public.

From The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth

Next day, I bade a tearless farewell to the Blighted Fraus.

From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen

Then, in a triumphant manner, he concludeth all with this Exhortation to his Countrymen: Quid nos deterret? si firmiter in pede stemus, Fraus ni nos superat, nihil est quod non superemus.

From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by William Riley Parker

I ate a light breakfast, eschewing the fried sausages which the Blighted Fraus pressed upon my notice, and satisfying myself with a gently-boiled egg and some toast and coffee.

From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen

G. A. J. "Nullis Fraus tuta latebris."—Can any of your correspondents favour me with a reference to the above motto?

From Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell

There were eight Blighted Fraus at the Home for Lost Ideals, and I could tell by simple inspection that they had not had an average of half an adventure per lifetime between them.

From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen




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