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Definition of Bertha
1. n. A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
Definition of Bertha
1. Proper noun. (Germanic female given name). ¹
2. Noun. A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bertha
1. a wide collar [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bertha
1. A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies. Origin: F. Berthe, fr. Berthe, a woman's name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bertha
Literary usage of Bertha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hedda Gabler: A Drama in Four Acts by Henrik Ibsen (1891)
"We must take it quietly, bertha. The truth is, there's nothing else to be done.
... bertha. Yes, miss, but I can't help thinking so much about her who lies ..."
2. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"Charlotte M. (bertha M. Clay, psend.) At war with herself. I). 211 p. pa. lOc.
'OO. Street. Brady. ... Lord Lynne's choice, i bertha M. Clay lib., no. 32. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"bertha.—Of the various holy women bearing the name of bertha, five are more
particularly worthy of notice. I. bertha, Queen of Kent, dc 612. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"The coming of bertha and her bishop must, to some extent at least, ... And in
coming to a heathen husband bertha must have remembered the example set in her ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1894)
"THE bertha zinc-mines of the bertha Zinc and Mineral Company are in that part of
the State of Virginia popularly known as Southwest Virginia, ..."
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