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Lillian

American  
[lil-ee-uhn] / ˈlɪl i ən /
Or Lilian

noun

  1. a female given name.


Example Sentences

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Berkett co-founded the company in 2007 with Lillian Barbeito at the age of 23.

From Los Angeles Times

“At the end of the show, the company bowed, the curtains closed, and Lillian and I collapsed on that stage and cried,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

This account recalls a number of telling details of that era, when Jane Addams taught citizenship at Chicago’s Hull House, Lillian Wald dispatched visiting nurses from New York’s Henry Street Settlement and Simkhovitch, in 1902, founded and led New York’s Greenwich House.

From The Wall Street Journal

In March 1981, two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan turned up at the Kennedy Center for the premiere of a new production of Lillian Hellman‘s “The Little Foxes,” and was photographed happily congratulating a smiling Elizabeth Taylor backstage.

From Los Angeles Times

Local Transport minister Lillian Greenwood praised Waymo's planned rollout on social media Thursday.

From Barron's