Josephine
Americannoun
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Empress Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie. Beauharnais, Joséphine de.
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a female given name: derived from Joseph.
noun
Example Sentences
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“Edelweiss” was one of the first English songs Josephine Zhou learned growing up in the 1980s, when China was undergoing economic reforms and opening up to the rest of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
British music star FKA twigs is to play Josephine Baker in a new biopic of the Roaring Twenties icon who became a hero of the French Resistance and the American civil rights movement.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Prosecutor Josephine Jones told the court on Friday there "certainly is a suggestion" Jenkinson had an interest in Mountbatten-Windsor, who is the brother of King Charles III.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The research was led by Josephine Nielsen, a Master's student in geoscience.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
“Because she won’t leave Grandma Josephine and Grandma Georgina and Grandpa George.”
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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