Katherine

[ kath-er-in, kath-rin ]

noun
  1. a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”

  • Also Kath·a·rine, Kath·ryn, Kath·rynne [kath-rin]. /ˈkæθ rɪn/.

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How to use Katherine in a sentence

  • "Margaret Fuller's father was thirty-two when she was born," writes Katharine Anthony in her biography of the great feminist.

    Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
  • Katharine Anthony's Margaret Fuller is biography in new and fascinating form.

    Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
  • Katharine Frensham said nothing, but held out her hand, which her brother grasped silently.

    Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
  • That was the only criticism Katharine made of her, and then only to Willy Tonedale, her old friend and admirer.

    Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
  • They had had many merry times over some of Katharine's passing love affairs.

    Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden