gertrude
noun
a slip or underdress for infants.
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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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Powered by Hamlet’s unpredictable emotions, the film cyclones toward a centerpiece dance performance: his “play” at the wedding of Claudius and Gertrude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
The novelist Christopher Isherwood had a modest inheritance; Gertrude Stein a larger one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
“I don’t look like that,” Gertrude Stein is supposed to have said to Picasso when he completed his portrait of her in 1906.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
I wonder what Marcellus, and Queen Gertrude for that matter, would say about AI?
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
“Maybe they don’t want to tell us until after Aunt Gertrude leaves,” Joe suggested.
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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