GODIVA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

According to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)

Synonyms:

Godiva; Lady Godiva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

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