Re: Meaning of

On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:11:50 +0000, Jenny M Benson
<nemonews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11/02/2012 10:37, Kiwi in Aus wrote:
male nota or notus in Baptism registers for Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex,
c 1700-1800, I am assuming it means no husband as it appears with only a
woman's name

I think it indicates a woman "of ill-repute."

Google translates both as "well known". I suspect possibly tending
toward amateur rather than professional lack of repute otherwise IME
less euphemism is used.
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