Camilla
[kuh-mil-uh]
- Roman Legend. a woman warrior who fought on the side of Turnus against Aeneas.
- Also Ca·mil·a, Ca·mile, Ca·mille [kuh-meel] /kəˈmil/. a female given name.
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Examples from the Web for camilla
Contemporary Examples
Sure, there was top royalty (Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles) and a former Prime Minister (John Major).
Churchill’s Secret Treasures for Sale: A British PM’s Life on the Auction BlockTom Teodorczuk
December 8, 2014
They were always made in the dead of the night, when Camilla was alone in her country house in the middle of nowhere.
Camilla is understood to be with Prince Charles in Scotland on the Balmoral estate.
Mark Roland Shand was born on June 28, 1951 and was the younger brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Camilla Parker Bowles' younger brother Mark Shand has died in New York after a freak accident.
Historical Examples
Perhaps some of the black elves live there, that Nurse Camilla told us of.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
Camilla made no answer by words, but her eyes and her colour spoke.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
It was the very place where Spencer had first beheld Camilla.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
And thus, when Camilla rose upon him his heart was free to receive her image.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
But Camilla's letter had, as we have seen, raised his courage and animated his heart.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Word Origin and History for camilla
Camilla
fem. proper name, from Latin, fem. of Camillus, cognomen of several members of the gens Furia, from camillus "noble youth attending at sacrifices," perhaps from Etruscan.
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