Eleanor

[ el-uh-ner, -nawr ]

/ ˈɛl ə nər, -ˌnɔr /

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noun

a female given name, form of Helen.

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Also El·e·a·no·ra

[el-ee-uh-nawr-uh, -nohr-uh]. /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə, -ˌnoʊr ə/.

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His next book is called Alice and Eleanor: The Wars of the Roosevelts.
How to Get Away With a Hollywood Murder|Tim Teeman|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His wife Eleanor was more representative of the activist strain running through the progressive movement.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR|John Avlon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I became more of a feminist than I ever thought possible,” Eleanor later wrote.
Eleanor Roosevelt: Feminist Icon|Eleanor Clift|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The popular perception is that Eleanor never got over the betrayal, which Black contests.
Eleanor Roosevelt: Feminist Icon|Eleanor Clift|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

[Laughs] Did you have any wild nights out in the city while filming The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby?
Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy on 'Eleanor Rigby,' First Heartbreak, and Robin Williams|Marlow Stern|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And now all were dead save Eleanor, his bright-haired sister, and she—the captive of Iftikhar.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
Then the deed at Cefalu—and that accursed child Eleanor still remains to drive me wild with her moans and her sorrow.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
You were like the little Eleanor whom alone in all the world I ever truly loved.
Sue, A Little Heroine|L. T. Meade
"It's your money, but it is my life," Eleanor urged, with a quiver in her voice.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice
Eleanor's persistence in recurring to this most distasteful of subjects roused her to fury.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice

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