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 Ballon said criminalising such behaviour was the minimum that "we can do, because this also shows that we as a society, we have values, we have rules, we have human decency."
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
She was the eldest of three children born to Alice Josephine Hopper Allen and Herbert Allen.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
Josephinenhütte No. 6 Water Glasses – Hand-made and mouth-blown, the Josephine No. 6 water glasses are beautiful and a great addition to any entertainer’s arsenal.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025
“If they have studies that are valid, I don’t see anything wrong with bringing it to public attention,” said Josephine Langley, a Spanish teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., who voted for Trump in the last election.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Josephine looked like I had just caught her letting out a gigantic fart or something.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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