Priscilla

[pri-sil-uh]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Roman family name.

Example Sentences

Priscilla Chan is making a multibillion-dollar wager to outsmart disease.

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“Across all her work, Priscilla pushes for equity and access, reimagining philanthropy to drive large-scale, inclusive change,” he said in an email.

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“I was terrified,” Yvonne Chan, Priscilla’s mother, says of the journey.

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When Priscilla was little, one of her anxieties was missing the first day of school.

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So every September, Priscilla diligently checked the school calendar in the local newspaper, making sure her two younger sisters knew the date, too.

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