gertrude
noun
a slip or underdress for infants.
gertrude
1 American
[gur-trood]
/ ˈgɜr trud /
noun
Gertrude
2
American
[gur-trood]
/ ˈgɜr trud /
noun
Etymology
Origin of gertrude
1925–30, special use of Gertrude
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On the Salon’s last day, Stein bought it with his sister, Gertrude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
By Monday, there was, as Gertrude Stein would put it, no there there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Gertrude never quite comes into focus, but the pathos of Ophelia, maddened by grief, is enhanced by the simple yet forceful way Izzard helplessly pounds her chest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
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 ● Dec. 11, 2025
She told me how a strange plague once broke out, afflicting hundreds, Gertrude among them, and how she nursed the queen from the very brink of death to complete health again.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
