Usually means: Famous English actress, Charles II's mistress.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nell Gwyn: Merriam-Webster
  2. nell gwyn: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  3. Gwyn, Nell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nell gwyn, gwyn, nell: Dictionary.com
  5. Nell Gwyn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Gwyn, Nell: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Gwyn, Nell, Nell Gwyn, Nell Gwyn: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nell Gwyn: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wikipedia (Nell Gwyn)

noun:  Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period.
noun:  a 1934 British historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne de Casalis, Miles Malleson and Moore Marriott.
noun:  a 1926 British silent romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton.
noun:  an actress and long-time mistress of King Charles II of England.


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