Anne

[an]

noun

1. 1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).

2. a first name, form of Anna.

Anne

/ æn /

noun

1. Princess , the Princess Royal. born 1950, daughter of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a noted horsewoman and president of the Save the Children Fund

2. Queen. 1665–1714, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702–14), daughter of James II, and the last of the Stuart monarchs

3. Saint. (in Christian tradition) the mother of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: July 26 or 25

Example Sentences

The troubles at that time—a fire at Windsor Castle and doomed marriages for Prince Andrew and his elder sister, Princess Anne—were a mere overture for the tragedies ahead.

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“It led me into Gothic literature, especially Anne Rice’s ‘Vampire Chronicles,’” she shares.

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Anne Chassaignon says it was a series of images that opened her eyes.

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Veteran sales manager Anne Marie Sterling found that playing down her experience was a key to landing her current job at a solar-energy company.

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At 25 she met and married fellow actor Charles Laughton, and starred alongside him as Anne of Cleeves in 1933's The Private Life of Henry VIII, for which Laughton won the Best Actor Oscar.

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