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.

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)

Example Sentences

Badinter joined other national heroes, including author Victor Hugo, French-American member of the French Resistance Josephine Baker and Simone Veil, the women's rights heavyweight and health minister who championed legalising abortion.

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Standing in front of her sister Cassandra’s town home in Tustin, a quiet suburban city of 80,000 about 10 miles south of Disneyland, Elijah’s mother, Samantha Rios; grandmother Josephine Rios; and Aunt Cassandra are filled with worry.

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Josephine, a nursing assistant who works at a Kaiser hospital in Orange County, said she hears the panic in patients’ voices when they describe rushing to schedule needed medical procedures in anticipation of losing their Medicaid benefits.

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Earlier this year, Josephine joined delegations of unionized California healthcare workers who traveled to Washington with the aim of pressing lawmakers to oppose spending cuts.

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Now, Josephine looked on as Elijah, seated in his wheelchair, played on his iPad and watched a Disney program on his phone.

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