Ethel

Definitions

1. The rune ᛟ.
2. A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
3. The name of the Latin script letter Œ/œ..
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
6. An unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, Orange County, Indiana.
7. An unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
8. A town in Attala County, Mississippi.
9. A town in Macon County, Missouri.
10. An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
11. An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia.
12. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington.
13. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
14. A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

Equivalents

Examples

“If it is so false, and base⟳, and hollow, this great world […] why does Ethel Newcome cling⟳ to it? Will you be fairer, dear, with any other name⟳ than your own⟳?”

“Charmian Lyle had given herself her first name⟳ at the age of sixteen, upon encountering it in an English novel. Her baptismal name⟳ was Ethel. When her husband Walter was extremely angry with her, he called her Ethel. Charmian, she thought, suited her much better. She didn't think⟳ she looked, felt, or sounded like⟳ Ethel. Nor like⟳ her middle name⟳, which she really detested, Edna.”

“Two of Kennedy’s sons, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Douglas Kennedy, supported the release⟳ during Sirhan’s 16th appearance before the California Parole Board⟳. But other family members, including RFK’s widow Ethel, felt Sirhan should remain⟳ imprisoned.”

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:ethel.”

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