gertrude
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gertrude
1925–30, special use of Gertrude
Example Sentences
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And one of his largest cubist scenes of a “Man with a Guitar” from 1913 that once belonged to writer Gertrude Stein sold for $41 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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
I wonder what Marcellus, and Queen Gertrude for that matter, would say about AI?
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
David Baltimore was born March 7, 1938, in New York City, the son of a garment industry merchant, Richard Baltimore, and Gertrude Lipschitz-Baltimore.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
Gertrude rose to fetch a small book from a high shelf and returned to a cushioned settee, motioning for me to sit at her feet.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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