English

Proper noun

Dorothy

1. A female given name.
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2: Act II, Scene IV:

     Pistol. Then to you, Mistress Dorothy; I will charge you.

     Doll Tearsheet. Charge me! I scorn you, scurvy companion.

   • 1900 Lyman Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 3:

     "My name is Dorothy," said the girl, " and I am going to the Emerald City to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."

   • 1990 Russell Baker, There's a Country in My Cellar, Morrow, ISBN 0688095984, page 418:

     Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?

Derived terms

• doll

Related terms

• pet forms: Dodie, Doll, Dolly, Dot, Dottie
• variants: Dora, Doreen, Dorothea, Thea

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