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gentlewoman(dictionary)
gentlewoman(dictionary)
GENTLEWOMAN(law)

maltreat (iou) and GENTLEWOMAN (law)


maltreat (iou)



maltreat verb trans. [mal'tri:t] E18.
[French maltraiter, formed as MAL- + TREAT verb.]
Abuse, ill use; handle roughly or rudely; ill-treat.
maltreater noun E20.

GENTLEWOMAN (law)


GENTLEWOMAN. This word is unknown to the law in the United States, and is but little used. In England. it was, formerly, a good addition of the state but little used. In England. it was, formerly, a good addition of the state or degree of a woman. 2 Inst. 667. or degree of a woman. 2 Inst. 667.