madonna

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Catholic contexts.
2. özel isim A female given name from Italian.

   “We feel bound to add, however, that it is not very likely, in the usual chances of events, that such names as Alaric Attila Watts should have met in matrimony with those of Zillah Madonna Wiffen; and an unkind world may suggest a mystification somewhere.”

3. isim An artistic representation of the Virgin Mary, chiefly when holding the infant Jesus.

   “A beautiful example of this type of Madonna is the polyptych in the Museo Civico in Sansepolcro.”

4. isim A morally pure woman.

   ““Men,” I said, with a tone of disgust. “Halal circles, haram circles, good, bad, Madonnas, whores, goats, penises, it’s all the same.””

5. isim A representation of the Virgin Mary.

   “Glogau Stat.—Inns: Deutsches Haus; Westphal’s Hotel. A fortress of the 2nd rank on the l. bank of the Oder, 17,000 Inhab. The Dom upon an island dates from 1120, and contains a madonna by Cranach, sen., his masterpiece.”

6. isim A morally pure woman.

   “For centuries, madonnas provided legitimate children and social respectability; whores, illegitimate pleasure.”

7. isim A lady.

   “[…] hee lay laſt night in ſuch a madonnas chamber, tother night he lay in ſuch a Counteſſes couch, to night he lies in ſuch a Ladies cloſet, […]”

8. isim A one-footed lien-to-tail trick, where the front foot is taken off and kicked out straight down behind the board.