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- proper noun A female
given name of biblical origin, in occasional use.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She could have slain Damaris Garland at that moment.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud 1920
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Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.
The Holy Bible: Darby Translation Anonymous 1867
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Areopagite and a woman called Damaris, and others besides.
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"Damaris," I cried, casting me on my knees before her, "O God, how I do love thee!"
Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"Damaris," says I heavily and looking down at these slender fingers, yet not daring to kiss them lest my passion sweep me away, "you know that I do love you?"
Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915
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'Damaris', a song ramblingly but endearingly described as a gypsy love song sees Wolf take up the violin too and create really lovely sweeping violin rock.
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"Damaris," she said, "Chester has come back to us – the sea has given him back to us.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud 1920
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"Damaris," says I, joying in the comfort of her soft, strong arms about me, "dear love of mine, here is thing beyond my understanding, for these were words I dreamed sung to me by a dead man -- the man
Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"Damaris," she said, "Chester has come back to us -- the sea has given him back to us.
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In the acknowledgments, Williams thanks his friend Natasha Soobramanien for writing the Damaris sections, having given her only "some dates and a few sketchy plot-lines".
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