Anne
Pronunciation Proper noun
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Pronunciation Proper noun
- A female given name.
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale:
- Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne, /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne,
- 1860 Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood): East Lynne. Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0192804626 page 29:
- "What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!"
- "I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"
- 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of the Green Gables
- "But if you call me Anne please call me Anne spelled with an e."
- "What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.
- "Oh, it makes such a difference. It looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can, and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished."
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale:
- (very, rare) A male given name.
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