The Clue
Like the women in a famous Rubens painting (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SABINE
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Notes
The answer SABINE is uncommon, appearing about once every 450 puzzles.
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Definition
SABINE as a noun:
1. (Sabine, Sabine River) = a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
2. a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
SABINE as an adjective:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines