Maxine

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//mækˈsiːn//

A female given name from Latin.

proper noun

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A female given name from Latin.
Her real name suggested a second runner-up for a Junior Miss pageant, or maybe a budding actress whose real name is Wanda Maxine Smith.
State and local leaders, including US Sen. Jeff Merkley, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, US Rep. Maxine Dexter and City Council members, urged the community to stay peaceful at a news conference on Friday night, according to CNN affiliate KPTV, after the city saw an increase in activity by federal agents.

Etymology

From Max + -ine. An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century. Piecewise doublet of Maxina.

maxim · A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of…Maxim · A surname maximum · The highest limit.

Maxine · A female given name from Latin.

maxwell · A unit of magnetic flux that produces one abvolt per turn per…Maxwell · A Scottish habitational surname from Mackeswell near Melrose.may · To be able to go.

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