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

From BBC • May 30, 2022

Schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers solves Catalina murders without her detective boyfriend.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2019

In a link to the movie, the same nun who stonewalled Lee — Sister Hildegarde McNulty — arranged for the then-3-year-old Anderson to go to McNulty's niece, Margaret McNulty Anderson, in north suburban Niles.

From Chicago Tribune • Jun. 1, 2014

A heroic pet mouse, Hildegarde, plays a critical role, and Peggy, a child of unspecified age, saves her whole city.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2013

“If Hildegarde Schmidt’s story is true, how is it that the real conductor did not mention having seen her when he came to answer Mrs. Hubbard’s bell?”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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