Meaning of deflower in English:
deflower
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verb
[with object] dated, literaryDeprive (a woman) of her virginity.
‘So, she devises an incredibly complex scheme that requires Phillippe to deflower many virgins.’- ‘The count plots to exercise his droit de seigneur, the right of titled men to deflower the brides of lesser folk.’
- ‘This was a bride snatching, so that one man could marry and deflower a girl on her wedding day mainly to anger a rival.’
- ‘Gerard Butler is never a threat in any way, except maybe as a candidate to deflower Christine.’
rape, sexual assault, indecent assault, sexual abuse, abuse, molestation, molesting, interference, interfering, seduction, seducing
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French desflourer, from a variant of late Latin deflorare, from de- (expressing removal) + Latin flos, flor- ‘a flower’.
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