Lady Godiva

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Lady Godiva
n. (c. 1040-1080) English noblewoman who (according to legend) rode naked through the streets of Coventry (England) to spare its citizens from a tax to be imposed by her husband


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Lady Godiva
Godiva (or Godgifu) (fl. 1040-1080) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "peeping Tom" for a voyeur comes from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom watched her ride and was struck blind.
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Lady Godiva
Noun
1. according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)
(synonym) Godiva
(hypernym) Lady, noblewoman, peeress


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Lady Godiva
n. Godiva (c. 1040-1080), English noblewoman who (according to legend) rode naked through the streets of Coventry (England), to spare its citizens from a tax to be imposed by her husband

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