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    gertrude
    noun
    a slip or underdress for infants.
  • Gertrude
    Gertrude
    noun
    a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “strength.”

gertrude

1 American  
[gur-trood] / ˈgɜr trud /

noun

  1. a slip or underdress for infants.


Gertrude 2 American  
[gur-trood] / ˈgɜr trud /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of gertrude

1925–30, special use of Gertrude


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In Chicago, ACT UP’s Gregg Bordowitz became her mentor and professor, and for three years, Rosales immersed herself in learning, becoming obsessed with Gertrude Stein and philosophers like Gilles Deleuze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 1988, he and his second wife, Alice Yelen Gitter, discovered Sister Gertrude Morgan, a self-taught artist and Christian street preacher whose paintings sometimes interpreted the Bible’s Book of Revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

“I don’t look like that,” Gertrude Stein is supposed to have said to Picasso when he completed his portrait of her in 1906.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

As the two courtiers prepared to leave, Gertrude leaned forward and called them back.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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