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Ouida

American  
[wee-duh] / ˈwi də /

noun

  1. pen name of Louise de la Ramée.

  2. a female given name.


Ouida British  
/ ˈwiːdə /

noun

  1. real name Marie Louise de la Ramée . 1839–1908, British popular novelist, best known for Under Two Flags (1867)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Among them was Ouida Garrett, 87, married 64 years to Leonard, 90, a retired Boeing computer programmer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2018

Mention of the word party brings to Ouida Berg�re's baby brown eyes a weird, predaceous glitter.

From Time Magazine Archive

None loved a lord more dearly than Ouida, and, mounted on the plush Pegasus of her imagination, she wrote to hounds with the best of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ouida wound up her life as a spinster with a passion for pet dogs, owls and other dumb chums: but she lived it down to the end with courage.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a delineator of the humours of University life, Lever combined the atmosphere of “Verdant Green” with the sumptuous upholstery of Ouida.

From Humours of Irish Life by Various

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