Meaning of Deirdre | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The foremost tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
   Irish
2. A female given name from Irish.

Examples

“Deirdre, it seemed to him, was the most beautiful name⟳ in the world. But Mrs. Stanley had different views on nomenclature. She had never, she declared, heard so utterly preposterous a name⟳. […]"Theatre and saltpetre are both spelt that way, Arthur; depend⟳ upon it, it is Deirder - a sort⟳ of peasant name⟳ like⟳ Darby and Biddy, a corruption of something else."”

“His daughter was called Deirdre, a good Irish name⟳, but now she signed herself Dee, and her man friend was called Fox.”

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