Hortense

[hawr-tens]

noun

1. a female given name.

Hortense

/ ɔrtɑ̃s /

noun

1. See (Eugénie Hortense de) Beauharnais

Example Sentences

Pansy is an even more specific character than Hortense.

From Los Angeles Times

Leigh had previously cast Jean-Baptiste in his stage play “It’s a Great Big Shame!,” and it felt like an easy yes to make her Hortense.

From Los Angeles Times

On “Secrets & Lies,” since I’d done a play with him before, I knew I’d have to choose a career for Hortense.

From Los Angeles Times

She nimbly braids together the stories of Hortense Odlum of Bonwit, which moved locations but basically disappeared by 2000; Geraldine Stutz of Henri Bendel, shuttered since 2019; and Dorothy Shaver of Lord & Taylor, which after slow decline was delivered a definitive death blow by the pandemic.

From New York Times

"The government is indulgent when it comes to Israel's crimes. They are being biased and they are showing it," said Hortense La Chance, a 32-year-old cook.

From Reuters