Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Ouida. Search instead for Quidam.

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2018

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

Fortnight ago Ouida Rathbone was at it again.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet Ouida, "almost the last of lady authors," is not just a Victorian-Edwardian period piece.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ouida had for a long time the same objection to her stories being published piecemeal in newspapers and periodicals.

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.