Phyllis
Americannoun
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a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
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Also Phyliss. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “green leaf.”
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Finalist Phyllis Thibodeaux Beach, whose construction-worker father helped build several Boston landmarks, sees it as a way to leave her own imprint on the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Male vampires can even procreate with human women: Jesse has two half-vampire sons with his living wife, Phyllis, played by Rose Abdoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Patterson watched this week's proceedings at Melbourne's Supreme Court via a live video link from her maximum-security prison, the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Melbourne's western suburbs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
She's chosen to appear via video link from Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, the maximum security prison on the outskirts of Melbourne where she's serving her sentence.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
I hug Suesetta and Phyllis like I always do when we say goodbye, but Phyllis doesn’t hold on as tight as she normally does.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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