D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Beguine

· Be·guine · IPA /bəˈɡiːn/
01 n. A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live …
  1. 1.
    A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.