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Cathleen

American  
[kath-leen] / kæθˈlin /

noun

  1. a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.


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Hans believes Cathleen will get many more years of motoring pleasure out of the Austin.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Although Keating and his other main star, Gabriel Byrne, wrote it as an Irish coming-of-age story, O’Hara’s Cathleen runs off with the movie.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Cathleen Kaveny, a Boston College professor who specializes in the relationship of law, religion, and morality, looks back historically and observes, “The Church has never been one big family.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

Given the museum’s history with living artists, “it would have been a missed opportunity if we didn’t truly integrate some contemporary voices into the space itself,” said the chief curator, Cathleen Chaffee.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

A table with three legs, a large stool, a bench in the chimney propped up with turf sods, and the seat Cathleen occupied, formed the only furniture.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)