Ethel
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈɛθɪl//
A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
proper noun
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A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
If it is so false, and base, and hollow, this great world […] why does Ethel Newcome cling to it? Will you be fairer, dear, with any other name than your own?
Charmian Lyle had given herself her first name at the age of sixteen, upon encountering it in an English novel. Her baptismal name was Ethel. When her husband Walter was extremely angry with her, he called her Ethel. Charmian, she thought, suited her much better. She didn't think she looked, felt, or sounded like Ethel. Nor like her middle name, which she really detested, Edna.
Two of Kennedy’s sons, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Douglas Kennedy, supported the release during Sirhan’s 16th appearance before the California Parole Board. But other family members, including RFK’s widow Ethel, felt Sirhan should remain imprisoned.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, Orange County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Attala County, Mississippi.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Macon County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
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A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
Etymology
Short form of names of Old English origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.
Ethel · A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
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