catherine

Definition of Catherine in English :

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Noun

1. catherine, catherine of aragon

first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)

catherine of aragon

2. catherine, catherine ii, catherine the great

empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Catherine

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noun

Saint. died 307 ad, legendary Christian martyr of Alexandria, who was tortured on a spiked wheel and beheaded

Catherine

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1.

Saint(4th cent. a.d.); Christian martyr of Alexandria: her day is Nov. 25

2.

Saint(1347-80); It. Dominican: her day is April 29

: in full Saint Catherine of Siena

3.

Catherine I1684?-1727; wife of Peter the Great; empress of Russia (1725-27)

4.

Catherine II1729-96; German-born empress of Russia (1762-96)

: called Catherine the Great

noun

a feminine name: dim. Cathy, Kate, Kathy, Kit, Kitty; var. Catharine; equiv. It. Caterina, Ir. Kathleen, Russ. Ekaterina, Scand. Karen, Sp. Catalina, Catarina

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