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Eleanor

American  
[el-uh-nawr, -ner] / ˈɛl əˌnɔr, -nər /
Also Eleanora

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Helen.


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His wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, denies five charges of aiding and abetting his alleged offending.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Find it in the classroom of the Eleanor Roosevelt fruit and vegetable garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Eleanor Hayward reports for the Times of London on the situation in British emergency rooms, known as Accident & Emergency departments:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

When asked about the possibility of the war dragging out for years, research director Eleanor Budds played down the risk.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Eleanor wondered; has she decided that I am not fit to stay?

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

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