| Back | Portia /POR-shuh, -shee-uh/ |
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| Front | noun A female lawyer. [After Portia, the heroine of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Portia is a rich heiress who disguises herself as a lawyer to save Antonio's life. Earliest documented use: 1869.] "'Listen sister...law isn't the only subject I've mastered!' snaps Betty, ... 'I may be a Portia, but my middle name's Dempsey!'" - Mike Madrid; Divas, Dames & Daredevils; Exterminating Angel Press; 2013. |
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