ethel in French

ethel in French

What does "ethel" mean?

1. name A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
   "If it is so false, and base, and hollow, this great world […] why does Ethel Newcome cling to it? Will you be fairer, dear, with any other name than your own?"
2. name A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
3. name A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, Orange County, Indiana.
4. name A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

ethel in a sentence

• If it is so false, and base, and hollow, this great world […] why does Ethel Newcome cling to it? Will you be fairer, dear, with any other name than your own?
• Two of Kennedy’s sons, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Douglas Kennedy, supported the release during Sirhan’s 16th appearance before the California Parole Board. But other family members, including RFK’s widow Ethel, felt Sirhan should remain imprisoned.
• […] that he was of a doughty and ethel stirp. His ayle and eam had both been bellipotent; […]
• The violation of an ethel born or noble woman was paid for by a higher murde than that of an un-ethel or common person. The murder of all persons was in like manner paid for by a were or were-geld, nicely adjusted to their relative rank.

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