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(obsolete, law) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman. / (obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

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waive

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Source Word

waive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/weɪv/

obsolete

Japanese Meaning

法律の保護を受けられない女性、逸脱した女性（古語） / 捨てられた者、放浪者（特に女性を指す場合がある、古語）

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In the 14th-century chronicle, she was branded a waive and left to fend for herself outside the law.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

14世紀の年代記には、彼女が法の保護から除外された女性と烙印を押され、法の外で自力で生き延びるように放置されたと記されている。

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(obsolete, law) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.

Sense（2）

(obsolete) A waif; a castaway.

[…] what a wretched, and disconsolate hermitage is that house, which is not visited by thee, and what a waive and stray is that man, that hath not thy marks upon him?

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

waives

（ plural ）

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