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    GODIVA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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)play

    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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