Mildred

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈmɪldɹəd//

A female given name from Old English.

proper noun

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A female given name from Old English.
Queens drop away, while blue-legg'd Maukin lives; / Drones thrive when bees are burnt within their hives; / And courtly Mildred dies, while country Madge survives.
One day Dunsford told him her name was Mildred. He had heard one of the other girls in the shop address her. "What an odious name," said Philip. "Why?" asked Dunsford. "I like it." . "It's so pretentious."

Etymology

From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).

Milan · A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of…mild · Gentle and not easily angered mildly · In a mild manner.

Mildred · A female given name from Old English.

mile · The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to…Mile · A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Миле…mileage · The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

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