Jeannette

[ juh-net; for 2 also French zhah-net ]

/ dʒəˈnɛt; for 2 also French ʒɑˈnɛt /

a city in W Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.

Also Jean·net·ta

[juh-net-uh] /dʒəˈnɛt ə/, Jean·ette. a female given name, form of Jean.

Example sentences from the Web for jeannette

The Silver Star By Jeannette Walls Two girls strike out on their own across the country after their mother abandons them.

This Week’s Hot Reads: June 3, 2013 |Nicholas Mancusi, Jimmy So |June 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
So, Jeannette Catsoulis, in answer to your electric question: yes, context does matter.

Tears of Gaza: Why Context Matters |Sigal Samuel |September 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
“Like so many other young people in this country, Timmy, when he reached age 18, was allowed to emancipate,” says Jeannette.

How a Psychiatric Slip-Up Killed a Cop |Mansfield Frazier |November 3, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The hospitalization, however, was so expensive it forced Jeannette into bankruptcy.

How a Psychiatric Slip-Up Killed a Cop |Mansfield Frazier |November 3, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

The police were at her house so often they were like members of the family, yet Jeannette would not turn her back on her only son.

How a Psychiatric Slip-Up Killed a Cop |Mansfield Frazier |November 3, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The instant that Vane had been announced Jeannette Vanlief had left her father's side.

The Imitator |Percival Pollard
Then he rang the bell, and when Jeannette came he skipped lightly up-stairs into the drawing-room.

Can You Forgive Her? |Anthony Trollope
The comment was dragged from Jeannette in a tone as unconsciously reluctant as his was rueful.

Golden Stories |Various
He had made Jeannette Vanlief's acquaintance, and he stood quite well with her.

The Imitator |Percival Pollard
How Jeannette did laugh, and hug, and kiss Athalia; and then she ran to the bed, and there was a "kiss in the dark."

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