Albertine

[ al-ber-teen; French al-ber-teen; German ahl-ber-tee-nuh ]

/ ˈæl bərˌtin; French al bɛrˈtin; German ˌɑl bɛrˈti nə /

a female given name: derived from Albert.

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[al-ber-tee-nuh] /ˌæl bərˈti nə/.

Her response was a “very un-macho, uncool, and unexciting one,” according to Albertine.
A First Lady of Punk Rock Talks|Justin Jones|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Albertine was forced to move back in with her mother with no sign of a future career.
A First Lady of Punk Rock Talks|Justin Jones|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Albertine was never to him anything more than a means toward the satisfaction of his own needs, ego needs and sensual needs.
David's Book Club: The Fugitive|David Frum|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Fugitive opens with the flight of the narrator's own obsessive love interest, Albertine.
David's Book Club: The Fugitive|David Frum|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Instead, the narrator only accelerates after Albertine's death his ferocious investigations of her suspected lesbian love affairs.
David's Book Club: The Fugitive|David Frum|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mark, Albertine, that my name makes some effect, said Marat with a sinister laugh.
The Hero of the People|Alexandre Dumas
Look, Albertine, said he, and with me thank the chance enabling me to do a good turn for one of my brothers.
The Hero of the People|Alexandre Dumas
Albertine came to him and told him that her brother had always spoken with scorn of Robespierre as a man of words.
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
On the division of Saxony in 1485 it fell to the Albertine line, which has since held it.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7|Various
Gilbert profited by their being so engaged, to carry away Sebastian, guided by Albertine who fastened up the outer door after him.
The Hero of the People|Alexandre Dumas