Definition: Meaning of, Godiva in English to English dictionary.
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circa 1040-1080 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
an 11th-century British woman of high rank who, according to old stories, rode a horse through Coventry with no clothes on as a PROTEST, to persuade her husband to lower the local taxes
circa 1040-1080 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