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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Josephine and Tony Antoci bought the company in 2011 and helped launch it to its luxury status with a cult-like following.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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
The research was led by Josephine Nielsen, a Master's student in geoscience.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
Josephine Cochrane patented an automatic dishwasher in 1886, using pressurized water to clean dishes, which became the standard design for modern dishwashers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
“Credit where it’s due. Miss Josephine really made that happen.”
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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