saimniece
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- (female) farmer, landowner; farmer's or landowner's wife; mistress, lady woman who organizes, manages, oversees work (usually by women) in a farm
- (female) owner or tenant, especially of a small business; wife of the owner of a business; hostess
- landlady, (female) owner, manager of a place, house, apartment, etc.; the landlord's wife)
- (female) owner, mistress, boss woman who has the right to use a certain space, room, place, etc.
- owner, mistress (of a pet)
- (female) owner (of an object)
- housekeeper, housewife; lady of the house; hostess (of guests
- mistress, manager, boss, chief woman who runs (an organization or company, an event, etc.
Etymology
Suffix from Latvian saime (household, family), saimnieks (owner, farmer).
Origin
Latvian
saimnieks
Gloss
owner, farmer
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing