Hermione
Americannoun
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the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
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a female given name.
Example Sentences
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IBM used to have a series of agents that went by names like Harry, Hermione, Charlie and Sherlock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
A montage shows Harry arriving at the magical school, receiving his wand and Nimbus broom and meeting his new classmates, including Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Twenty-five other items were donated by British art historian Hermione Waterfield, who established the Tribal Art Department at Christie’s in 1971.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
Linke compared the structures to the small magical handbag of Hermione Granger, a fictional character in the “Harry Potter” series, saying that they can “store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
How like Hermione Lola was, to remain guiltless while others destroyed themselves at her prompting.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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