Josephine

[ joh-zuh-feen, -suh- ]

/ ˈdʒoʊ zəˌfin, -sə- /

noun

EmpressMarie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie. Beauharnais, Joséphine de.

a female given name: derived from Joseph.

Example sentences from the Web for josephine

Manish Arora's spring/ summer 2014 collection, which showed in Paris on Thursday, was inspired by "Josephine Baker goes raving."

Paris's Craziest Show Yet: Manish Arora Spring/ Summer 2014 |Liza Foreman |September 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Josephine Meckseper plucks her art from our commodity culture.

Magpie Loose in a Car Dealership |Blake Gopnik |July 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She sounds grateful for his suggestion that she use milk and apple juice as eye drops for their old English bulldog, Josephine.

Alla Bout, ‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout’s Wife, Fights to Free Him |Anna Nemtsova |September 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The artist Josephine King creates striking paintings inspired by her manic depression.

Josephine King Connects Madness and Art in London |Casey Schwartz |May 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Josephine was nowhere to be found, so I stepped up, along with my cousins Fernon and Napah.

My Vanished Liberia |Leymah Gbowee |October 7, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Terrified by Josephine's condition, the emperor hurried to Paris, and sent his own physician to inquire after her condition.

Queen Hortense |L. Mhlbach
Josephine engaged a cottage at Aix for herself and Hortense.

Hortense, Makers of History Series |John S. C. Abbott
The man Josephine had noticed standing in the shadow came forward and murmured a few words in the magistrate's ear.

The Exploits of Juve |Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain
Josephine was beloved by the people, and the people must know that she was honored by her husband.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 |Elbert Hubbard
Then Josephine Bayley was left alone with the stars and the silence, but somehow her desire to laugh was gone.

Dixie Martin |Grace May North

British Dictionary definitions for josephine

Josephine

/ (ˈdʒəʊzəˌfiːn) /

noun

Empress, previous name Joséphine de Beauharnais; real name Marie Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie. 1763–1814, empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1796–1809)

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