Janet

[ zha-ne for 1; jan-it for 2 ]

/ ʒaˈnɛ for 1; ˈdʒæn ɪt for 2 /

noun

Pierre Ma·rie Fé·lix

[pyer ma-ree fey-leeks] /pyɛr maˈri feɪˈliks/, 1859–1947, French psychologist and neurologist.

Also Ja·net·ta

[juh-net-uh] /dʒəˈnɛt ə/. a female given name, form of Jane.

Examples from the Web for janet

There she met Janet Flanner, who would become a famed New Yorker correspondent “Genet”—for three decades.
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His explanation only diminishes the irresistible excitement we feel while watching Tony Perkins peer at Janet Leigh in her shower.
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In November 2013, Driscoll was accused of plagiarism by radio talk show host Janet Mefferd.
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Ohio Republican Janet Porter was fed up with Facebook restricting the voices of conservatives like her.
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Bringing pieces from the two collections together gives a fresh perspective to them, says Janet Bishop, an SFMOMA curator.
Hello, ‘Gorgeous’: Grit and Glamour In San Francisco|Emily Wilson|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He ran to the window through which his sister Janet, or Jan as she liked to be called, was looking.
The Curlytops Snowed In|Howard R. Garis
Proof against every breath of scandal herself, Janet King never uttered and never encouraged one ill-natured word against another.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
But Margaret and Janet must not remain with straitened means; I wish they would come out also.
Janet McLaren|W.H.G. Kingston
For a while Janet submitted, and then, kissing her, gently detached herself.
The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete|Winston Churchill
It rose—comforting Janet in many a weary hour—comforting the wounded, the dying.
Futurist Stories|Margery Verner Reed

British Dictionary definitions for janet

Janet

/ (French ʒanɛ) /

noun

Pierre Marie Félix (pjɛr mari feliks). 1859–1947, French psychologist and neurologist, noted particularly for his work on the origins of hysteria

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Janet

noun

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Janet

noun