Elise

[ih-lees]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.

Example Sentences

“Many complained that Francis was perpetually chastising the world. Leo is going to be a pastor who tries to get the message across in a more gentle way. But the message remains unchanged,” says Elise Ann Allen, the author of a new biography of Leo.

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Elise Graham, from East Kilbride said the "small rise" in the minimum wage would help her in managing household costs.

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Not so fast, says Rep. Elise Stefanik, who last week announced that she is running for governor.

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Appeared in the November 11, 2025, print edition as 'Elise Stefanik Aims for Albany'.

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There was nothing terribly surprising about the vicious and hysterical Islamophobic meltdown on the MAGA-friendly right, although it’s surely a measure of democratic decay that no one blinks an eye at Rep. Elise Stefanik, who plans to run for governor of New York next year, slandering a newly elected official in her own state as a Communist, a jihadist, an antisemite and a supporter of terrorism.

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