saimniece
“saimniece” is a Latvian word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- farmer, landowner; farmer's or landowner's wife; mistress, lady (woman who organizes, manages, oversees work (usually by women) in a farm)
- owner or tenant, especially of a small business; wife of the owner of a business; hostess
- landlady, (female) owner, manager of a place, house, apartment, etc.; the landlord's wife)
- owner, mistress, boss (woman who has the right to use a certain space, room, place, etc.)
- owner, mistress (of a pet)
- owner (of an object)
- housekeeper, housewife; lady of the house; hostess (of guests
- mistress, manager, boss, chief (woman who runs (an organization or company, an event, etc.)
Etymology
From saime (“family, household”) + -niece, or saimnieks (“farmer, owner”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).
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