Jemima

[juh-mahy-muh]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “dove.”

Example Sentences

In an interview with The New York Times, Dora Charles, one of Deen’s restaurant employees, alleges that Deen asked her and another longtime employee “to dress in an old-style Aunt Jemima outfit.”

From Salon

Another woman, who we're calling Jemima, says on a recent hen weekend, she had to contribute to a central kitty for bars - even though she doesn't drink.

From BBC

“Aunt Jemima, the Indian lady on the Land O’Lakes butter, the Redskins, the Cleveland Indians… Look what they took from us. Never again, never again.”

From Salon

Even more than Dunham’s Hannah, Zosia Mamet’s Shoshanna and Jemima Kirke’s Jessa — all self-absorbed twentysomethings taking turns making bad decisions — Marnie was the definition of vanity.

From Salon

Butler said some fellow senators seemed surprised as they admired how articulate she was, and recounted hearing “blatant Aunt Jemima” jokes.

From Los Angeles Times