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CATHERINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
Synonyms:
Catherine; Catherine II; Catherine the Great
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
empress (a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
First wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
Synonyms:
Catherine; Catherine of Aragon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Context examples:
Catherine Cusack, maid to the Countess, deposed to having heard Ryder’s cry of dismay on discovering the robbery, and to having rushed into the room, where she found matters as described by the last witness.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet Catherine was in very good looks, and had the company only seen her three years before, they would now have thought her exceedingly handsome.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
A little while after, Catherine thought the door was still very heavy: so she whispered to Frederick, I must throw the vinegar down.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I knew nothing at all of Lady Catherine's connections.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
His address was good, and Catherine felt herself in high luck.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
At last it popped into Catherine’s head that it was the door itself that was so heavy all the time: so she whispered, “Frederick, I must throw the door down soon.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
To Catherine and Lydia, neither the letter nor its writer were in any degree interesting.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Catherine turned away her head, not knowing whether she might venture to laugh.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
So when Frederick and Catherine came down, there they found all their money safe and sound.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Catherine and Lydia had information for them of a different sort.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
