Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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From the French feminine form of Adrien (cognate to Adrian).

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Examples

  • Adrienne from the Henrico County, Virginia Public Library sez, Every year we participate in National Banned Book Week, a week that celebrates the written word and the free exchange of ideas, as outlined in the First Amendment to our Constitution.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • In "Probate," her life cleaved in half and unrecognizable to herself, Adrienne is forced to pay a visit to Probate court.

    Dora Levy Mossanen: Master of Dark Tales Dora Levy Mossanen 2010

  • My experience of dealing with Alan Gregory or Sam Purdy or Lauren Crowder or Adrienne is that I drop in on their lives and I observe rather than control their lives.

    Stephen White - An interview with author 2010

  • Adrienne is spot on about the interactions between the different characters in the hospital.

    GreenCine Daily: Berlinale Dispatch. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK. 2007

  • WATAT: Adrienne is thinking about Wallace Stevens (hey, it's The Snowman, so it's holiday, right?)

    Poetry Friday 2006

  • WATAT: Adrienne is thinking about Wallace Stevens (hey, it's The Snowman, so it's holiday, right?)

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

  • Staked beside a thin-trunked oak in front of a mock Tudor home was a huge cutout of a ballerina, the name Adrienne printed down one leg.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

  • She felt no astonishment at hearing the name Adrienne spoken suddenly and unreflectingly by Guy de Lissac.

    His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876

  • WINA has a brief story, but the full coverage can be found in Adrienne Schwisow’s story in Sunday’s Progress.

    2002 February archive at cvillenews.com 2002

  • WINA has a brief story, but the full coverage can be found in Adrienne Schwisow’s story in Sunday’s Progress.

    UVa Attackers Arrested at cvillenews.com 2002

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