Camille
proper nouncommon in dialogue
A unisex given name from French.
proper noun
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A unisex given name from French.
- - - homecoming weekend at Colgate was frat parties like this, wild earsplitting drunken and not for sensitive girls like Camille, even her name was sensitive, delicate, Camille was to Lionel the most beautiful name he'd ever spoken, like music, - - -
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figurativeA courtesan (from the English translations of La Dame aux Camélias)
Larry went about alternately urging Margo to disguise herself as a peasant and fly to Peter’s arms, or to stop behaving like Camille.
Etymology
From French Camille (“Camilla”). Doublet of Camilla.
cameraman · Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.Cameron · A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.Camilla · A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
Camille · A unisex given name from French.
camouflage · A disguise or covering up.camp · An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents…Camp · A diminutive of the male given name Campbell.