Mildred
English
Etymology
From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþryþ, from mild (“mild”) + þryþ (“strength”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪldɹəd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: Mil‧dred
Proper noun
Mildred
- A female given name from Old English.
- ~1625 Francis Quarles, Elegy on Lady Luckyn:
- Queens drop away, while blue-legg'd Maukin lives; / Drones thrive when bees are burnt within their hives; / And courtly Mildred dies, while country Madge survives.
- 1915 W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Pan Books(1973), page 268:
- One day Dunsford told him her name was Mildred. He had heard one of the other girls in the shop address her. "What an odious name," said Philip. "Why?" asked Dunsford. "I like it." . "It's so pretentious."
- ~1625 Francis Quarles, Elegy on Lady Luckyn:
Translations
female given name
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Anagrams
- middler
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Etymology
From English Mildred, from the name of an 8th-century English saint, from Old English Mildþryþ, from mild (“mild"”) + þryþ (“strength”).
Noun
Mildred
- a female given name from Old English