Definitions
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- proper noun A female
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
- noun first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stairs_, Lappet in _The Miser_, Catherine in _Catherine and Petruchio_,
The Case of Mrs. Clive Catherine Clive 1748
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Albert V) say if he finds a writer confounding _Catherine_ and _Thomas_ Macaulay as "the celebrated author of the great Whig History of England" -- a confusion hardly worse than that of the two Eachards -- for Catherine, though now forgotten by an ungrateful public, made quite as much noise in her day as Thomas does in ours.
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
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She was given the name Catherine Variety Sheridan—her middle name for the club and her last name for the theater outside which she had been found.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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She was given the name Catherine Variety Sheridan—her middle name for the club and her last name for the theater outside which she had been found.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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She was given the name Catherine Variety Sheridan—her middle name for the club and her last name for the theater outside which she had been found.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Without another word Catherine reached back, grabbed hold of the flat with both hands, and proceeded to swing it around.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love Jack Canfield 2009
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Without another word Catherine reached back, grabbed hold of the flat with both hands, and proceeded to swing it around.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love Jack Canfield 2009
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A Volkwagen Golf with a replacement wing mirror and 62,000 miles on the clock is on sale for a minimum of £20,000 because the log book holds the name "Catherine Middleton".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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He didn't like what they called Catherine's mother either.
For The Roses Garwood, Julie 1995
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"She has never really liked the name Catherine, although her mother insisted she should be called that when she went to Marlborough," a confidant reveals.
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