Hetty

Or Het·tie

[het-ee]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Hester or Esther.

Example Sentences

It was Dame Patricia's most famous role in a career that saw her win theatrical awards on both sides of the Atlantic, become the star of Alan Bennett's famous TV monologues, and become BBC1's crime-busting Hetty Wainthropp.

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In a weeknight-friendly sheet-pan recipe for the New York Times, cookbook author Hetty Lui McKinnon tosses frozen pierogies with Brussels sprouts and kimchi, roasting them until the dumplings are crisp and golden, the sprouts blistered, and the kimchi sticky and caramelized.

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As historians Ruth Wallis Herndon and John E. Murray have shown, children’s apprenticeship experiences correlated closely with their families’ affluence: poorer and nonwhite children—children like Jacob, Hetty, and John Henry—were often used as mere menials and servants.

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Finucane proved too strong for Dutch rider Hetty van de Wouw, while Japan’s Mina Sato beat Sophie Capewell to take the bronze.

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Watch as Great Britain's Emma Finucane beats Netherlands' Hetty van de Wouw in straight rides to defend her women's sprint world title at the Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen.

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