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English
Noun
fräulein (plural fräuleins)
- Alternative spelling of fraulein.
1884, Charles Barnard, “Fräulein Mina Smidt Goes to School”, in Mary Mapes Dodge, editor, St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, volume XI, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: F[rederick] Warne & Co., page 870, column 2:At that moment, ten little girls came in, some fräuleins and some misses and some mademoiselles.
1965, Finn MacMahon, Post Bellum Blues: The Personal Story of a Soldier in Trouble, The Bodley Head, page 41:About seven of us had the lion’s share of the booze, because the ‘zoot-suiters’ were far too busy dancing with the young fräuleins and feeding them sandwiches and Coca-Colas.
2010, Joseph Flynn, Pointy Teeth, Stray Dog Press, →ISBN:He was hoping to meet some fräuleins but he met some engineers from Zuffenhausen instead.