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Meaning of deflower in English:

deflower

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verb

[with object]dated, literary

  • Deprive (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’.

Pronunciation

deflower

/diːˈflaʊə/