Josephine

[ joh-zuh-feen, -suh- ]

noun
  1. Empress Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie. Beauharnais, Joséphine de.

  2. a female given name: derived from Joseph.

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Josephine

/ (ˈdʒəʊzəˌfiːn) /


noun
  1. Empress, previous name Joséphine de Beauharnais; real name Marie Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie. 1763–1814, empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1796–1809)

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