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
Example Sentences
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And one of his largest cubist scenes of a “Man with a Guitar” from 1913 that once belonged to writer Gertrude Stein sold for $41 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The novelist Christopher Isherwood had a modest inheritance; Gertrude Stein a larger one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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
Eliot and Gertrude Stein, now contemplating the 1920s crossword craze, now skipping to its 2020s COVID-prompted renaissance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
The boys had spent every spare moment practicing with the cardboard tubes that their aunt Gertrude had given them.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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