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Catherine

American  
[kath-er-in, kath-rin] / ˈkæθ ər ɪn, ˈkæθ rɪn /
Or Catheryn

noun

  1. a female given name.


Catherine British  
/ ˈkæθrɪn /

noun

  1. Saint. died 307 ad , legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded

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In Harry’s absence, William and his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, took over the mantle in polling as Britain’s most popular royals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

But he once told AFP he systematically refused contract pie attacks, even when offered "a lot of money" to target A-listers Sharon Stone and Catherine Deneuve at the Cannes Film Festival.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

The breakthrough came through archival observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope presented by study coauthors David Sand and Catherine Fielder, both astronomers at the University of Arizona.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Catherine, Princess of Wales, beams on the front page of the Sun, which reads: "We're all grin it together".

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

One after the other, Michael, Gary, Paula, and Catherine had all managed just fine at Guardian Angels, which was at least some comfort for Mom and Dad.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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