Eugénie
[œ-zhey-nee]
- Comtesse de Te·ba [de te-bah] /dɛ ˈtɛ bɑ/, Marie Eugénie de Montijo de Guzmán, 1826–1920, wife of Napoleon III, born in Spain: Empress of France 1853–71.
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Eugenia
[yoo-jee-nee-uh, -jeen-yuh]
- a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “nobility.”
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Also Eu·ge·nie [yoo-jee-nee] /yuˈdʒi ni/.
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Examples from the Web for eugenie
Contemporary Examples
Guests included Alexander Gilkes, Diane von Furstenberg, and Princess Eugenie, who is now living and working in New York.
By the age of five, Eugenie was tasked with minding the pig herds, rising before dawn to keep an eye on the snuffling porkers.
Half-orphaned, Eugenie was sent to a larger farm to learn to cook and clean.
Earlier this month the two truly got away from it all when they went on an African safari with Eugenie and her boyfriend.
Harry met Cressida through his cousin Eugenie, and the two started dating in 2012.
Historical Examples
The rumour spread that he had yielded to the entreaties of his wife Eugenie.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
And were those—and were those—were those wrinkles, upon the visage of Eugenie Lalande?
The Works of Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe
And he did Miss Eugenie the honor to eat one of her praleens.
The Crisis, CompleteWinston Churchill
"Virginia will never speak to him again," said Eugenie, in an awed voice.
The Crisis, CompleteWinston Churchill
And Eugenie gives a cry and points to the rear where Maurice is riding.
The Crisis, CompleteWinston Churchill
Eugénie
- original name Eugénia Maria de Montijo de Guzman, Comtesse de Téba. 1826–1920, Empress of France (1853–71) as wife of Napoleon III
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Word Origin and History for eugenie
Eugenia
fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Eugenia, literally "nobility of birth," fem. of Eugenius (see Eugene).
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