Definition of Queridas

1. querida [n] - See also: querida

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queridas

quercitrin
quercitron
quercitron oak
quercitrons
quercivorous
quercus
querele
quereles
querencia
querencias
querent
querents
queriable
querida
queridas (current term)
queried
querier
queriers
queries
querimonies
querimonious
querimoniousness
querimony
querist
querists
querk
querken
querking
querl

Literary usage of Queridas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics by George Washington Crichfield (1908)
"Usually the real wife knows all about the facts in the case, and oftener than otherwise she is on friendly terms with her husband's queridas, ..."

2. Roaming Through the West Indies by Harry Alverson Franck (1920)
"Even the " Washington of Porto Rico," who is pointed out as the model man of the island, always kept two or three queridas, and lost none of his high ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1905)
"These poor creatures are virtually sold or given in exchange for a loan to pass their youth as queridas (kept-mistresses). As this transfer of human chattel ..."

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