gertrude
noun
a slip or underdress for infants.
gertrude
1 American
[gur-trood]
/ ˈgɜr trud /
noun
Gertrude
2
American
[gur-trood]
/ ˈgɜr trud /
noun
Etymology
Origin of gertrude
1925–30, special use of Gertrude
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In Chicago, ACT UP’s Gregg Bordowitz became her mentor and professor, and for three years, Rosales immersed herself in learning, becoming obsessed with Gertrude Stein and philosophers like Gilles Deleuze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In 1988, he and his second wife, Alice Yelen Gitter, discovered Sister Gertrude Morgan, a self-taught artist and Christian street preacher whose paintings sometimes interpreted the Bible’s Book of Revelation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Gertrude never quite comes into focus, but the pathos of Ophelia, maddened by grief, is enhanced by the simple yet forceful way Izzard helplessly pounds her chest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
Virginia depicted herself and her husband Leonard “lying crushed under an immense manuscript of Gertrude Stein’s”—and so, literary modernism’s eccentric pioneer was rejected by its suavest representative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Aunt Gertrude looked down her long nose at Joe.
From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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