Dorothea

[ dawr-uh-thee-uh, dor- ]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”

Example Sentences

The photograph taken by Dorothea Lange, “Migrant Mother,” was rooted in time and place.

From The Daily Beast

What drew you to write about a photographer like Dorothea Lange and her most famous subject?

From The Daily Beast

I based the characters of Mary Coin and Vera Dare on Dorothea Lange and Florence Owens Thompson, actual people in history.

From The Daily Beast

As much as is known about Dorothea Lange is as little that is known about Florence Owens Thompson.

From The Daily Beast

Hermann seeks to marry against his father's wish, and the objection is the poverty of Dorothea.

From Project Gutenberg

Gibbon's father married his second wife, Miss Dorothea Patton, in 1755.

From Project Gutenberg

As time went on, alas, it came more and more to seem that the Dorothea idyl had not been meant to be taken as a work of realism.

From Project Gutenberg

So, after three weeks, poor Dorothea had to be sent away—weeping copiously, and bewildered over this cruel misfortune.

From Project Gutenberg

He would not let anyone really help him but Sister Dorothea, with her trained skill as a nurse.

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