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Catherine I

American  

noun

  1. Marfa Skavronskaya, 1684?–1727, Lithuanian wife of Peter the Great: empress of Russia 1725–27.


Catherine I British  

noun

  1. ?1684–1727, second wife of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as empress of Russia (1725–27)

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"What about the Prince of Wales and Catherine? I wonder if their children would play in it. It's only going to be forgotten about, dilapidated, unless Prince William lets his kids play there."

From BBC Nov. 17, 2025

Catherine, I was reading an interview where you compared yourself to Cecily —

From New York Times Aug. 24, 2020

Catherine: I had been backpacking around Southeast Asia the previous year, so I get that my standards were a little skewed.

From Slate Apr. 3, 2018

The jewels include stones given by Empress Catherine I, wife of Peter the Great of Russia, to Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III when negotiating a peace treaty in 1711, historians said.

From BusinessWeek Nov. 14, 2011

For Catherine, I picked out a card that showed a desk full of computers and MP3 players and video games, and a young woman connected to all of them with earphones.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

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