English

Proper noun

Sharon

1. A plain in Israel.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), of Solomon-Chapter-2/#1 Song of Solomon 2:1:

     I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

2. A female given name derived from the biblical place name.
   • 1927 Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183:

     My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.

   • 2001 Deborah Cameron, Working With Spoken Discourse, SAGE, ISBN 0761957731, page 157:

     The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.

3. Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada named after the biblical place.

Usage notes

• Popular given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the U.K. in the 1960s and 1970s.

Related terms

• Shaz
• Shazza

See also

• Kevin
• Wikipedia article on Ariel Sharon

Noun

Sharon ‎(plural Sharons)

1. (Britain, derogatory, slang) A working-class female.
   • 2005, Birgitte Tufte, ‎Jeanette Rasmussen, ‎Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl

     'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers.

Coordinate terms

• Kev

Anagrams

• rhason

Finnish

Noun

sharon

1. persimmon

Declension

Synonyms

• kaki
• kakiluumu
• persimon
• persimoni