English

Proper noun

Constance

1. A female given name.
   • 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 1380s - 1390s Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Man of the Law's Tale:

     And forth she sailed the ocean salt and rude. / O Constance, full of sweet solicitude, / O Emperor's daughter of a mighty realm, / He that is Lord of Fortune guide thy helm!

   • 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act III, Scene IV:

     My name is Constance; I was Geffrey's wife; / Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost: / I am not mad:—I would to heaven I were!

2. A surname​.

Related terms

• pet form: Connie
• male given name: Constantine

Translations

French

Proper noun

Constance f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Constance.

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French

Noun

constance f ‎(plural constances)

1. constancy