gertrude

¹ American  

[gur-trood] / ˈgɜr trud /

noun

1. a slip or underdress for infants.

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Gertrude ² American  

[gur-trood] / ˈgɜr trud /

noun

1. a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “strength.”

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Etymology

Origin of gertrude

1925–30, special use of Gertrude

Example Sentences

Eliot, Gertrude Stein and others, most famously serializing James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” a decision that made her a target of censors and conservatives.

From Los Angeles Times

Eliot and Gertrude Stein, now contemplating the 1920s crossword craze, now skipping to its 2020s COVID-prompted renaissance.

From Los Angeles Times

They all have circular pins with their names on them— Augustina, Gertrude, and Ama.

From Literature

Augustina and Gertrude give Ama squeezes on the elbow and retreat deeper into the building.

From Literature

Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf and their contemporaries produced wildly different books with one thing in common: the belief that writers needed to break with the old.

From The Wall Street Journal