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Hildegarde

American  
[hil-duh-gahrd] / ˈhɪl dəˌgɑrd /
Or Hildegard

noun

  1. a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”


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Besides evoking the vanished pomps of yesterday, “Esmond and Ilia” periodically enlarges its perspective to include chapters about Victorian adventurers in the Middle East, a half-forgotten chanteuse named Hildegarde, and even the proper use of the Arabic word “malesh,” the verbal equivalent of a fatalistic shrug of the shoulders.

From Washington Post

Hildegarde Naughton and Ireland's Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan have expressed their "deep unhappiness".

From BBC

His daughter, Hildegarde, became an avian paleontologist, expert in the fossilized birds found in the La Brea Tar Pits.

From Washington Post

In 1906, Clifford, Hattie and their 5-year-old daughter, Hildegarde, left Chevy Chase and moved to the West Coast.

From Washington Post

Schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers uses a musical notation on a blackboard to solve the murder of a young colleague.

From Los Angeles Times