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geraldine

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Definition of geraldine

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    “Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen; / Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight.”
    “Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.”
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name

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    “Hunsdon did first present her to mine eyen; / Bright is her hue, and Geraldine she hight.”
    “Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.”
  2. A town in South Canterbury, New Zealand, named after the FitzGerald family.
  3. A town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.
  4. A small town in Chouteau County, Montana, United States.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the medieval FitzGerald dynasty of Ireland.

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Etymology

From Gerald + -ine. c. 1540 by the Earl of Surrey as a poetic name for Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, "one of the Fitzgeralds". Taken up as a given name in the 19th century, and used as a feminine form of Gerald.

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