2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹
3. Proper noun. (French female given name) transferred from the surname or borrowed from modern French. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Germaine
1. germen [n -S] - See also: germen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germaine
Literary usage of Germaine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"germaine. There is no danger, since you are going away. ... germaine. We are
alone at last. You won't worry me any more, will you? germaine. No. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"germaine Cousin, SAINT, b. in 1579 of humble parents at Pibrac, a village about
ten miles from Toulouse; d. in her native place in 1601. ..."
3. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1907)
"germaine exercised Lord Chatham's functions; but he had not mastered Lord Chatham's
... But, as long as Howe was retained in command, germaine should have ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Did you stay with sir John germaine till all 9 vas over? ... He says, he has seen
sir John germaine and the duchess in bed together elsewhere. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"I beg your pardon ; I am very rude, I am very stupid," stammered germaine, growing
scarlet. He pulled off his tweed cap, and managed first to drop it in the ..."
6. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"And, as Ralph germaine read page after page of more or less favourable criticism,
... Ralph germaine, mindful of his promise, had come to pass that day, ..."
7. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"To the Misses germaine: Your little sisters are well, and in the hands of friends.
Do not be discounted. Every effort is bein^ made for your welfare. ..."
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