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Catharine
Catharine
English
Proper noun
Catharine
- A female given name, a less common spelling variant of Catherine.
- 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
- A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
- 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names: