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- proper noun A female
given name , rare in English after Middle Ages.
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to the sacred family legend, Saint Peter’s only daughter, the first-century saint known as Petronella, had married the youngest son of the holy family, Yeshua-David.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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"The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index clearly fills a void for investors seeking a reliable and trustworthy performance gauge of liquid, investable hedge funds," said Michael Petronella , president of Dow Jones Indexes.
Index to Offer Daily Hedge-Fund Tracking Amy Or 2011
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He also, apparently, misled Petronella over some four years that he was ditching his wife.
The Trouble with Boris - Channel 4 Dispatches Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Let it also be recalled that Johnson did not get the boot from Michael Howard's Shadow Cabinet because he was screwing Petronella.
The Trouble with Boris - Channel 4 Dispatches Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Petronella, one of Hendrik's elder sisters, married Johannes Cloete — her first cousin and the elder brother of Hendrik's first wife, Catharina.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Surely it was not coincidence that two of the ten who did — Petronella and Hendrik — wed first cousins, children of Elsie's brother Gerrit.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Petronella "Nell" LensJansen of Alexandria; six children, Marianne Rollinson of Portland, Ore.,
Cornelis J. Koos' Jansen, World Bank economist, dies at 83 2010
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On page 56 we encounter a play involving Jacob Ben Salomon, the moneylender's son, and Petronella, the merchant's daughter.
Bookworm Award and Meme ____Maggie 2008
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Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Petronella "Nell" LensJansen of Alexandria; six children, Marianne Rollinson of Portland, Ore.,
Cornelis J. Koos' Jansen, World Bank economist, dies at 83 2010
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Petronella got all three with Jan Cloete, her first cousin, the son of an influential family who was eventually named a heemraad himself, and a property owner who amassed significant wealth by the time he died. 30 Helena's first husband, Jacob van As, was already a widower when they married.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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