Godiva
pronunciation
How to pronounce Godiva in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Godiva in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- 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 1040-108
Word Origin
- Godiva
- Lady of Coventry (died 1067) and wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Her legend is first recorded by Roger of Wendover 100 years after her death. The "Peeping Tom" aspect was added by 1659. The name is a typical Anglo-Saxon compound, apparently *God-gifu "good gift."
Example
- 1. Godiva hires hundreds of people to make and sell chocolates .
- 2. Godiva considers chocolate " a hybrid of food and fashion . "
- 3. Only one man , a tailor , had watched lady godiva as she rode through the streets .
- 4. A top chocolatier - who makes or sells chocolate - can earn $ 90000 to $ 1 00000 per year at godiva .
- 5. Unlike her legendary " cousin " robin hood , from up the road in nottingham , lady godiva definitely existed .