Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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An 18th century coinage from Dora or Dorothy with the suffix -inda.

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Examples

  • She had just changed her name to Dorinda Dillon a few months before.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • She had just changed her name to Dorinda Dillon a few months before.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • Adventures, whom we shall call Dorinda, in respect to her Family.

    The Life of Charlotta Du Pont, an English Lad 1723

  • We thank MacFixIt readers "Dorinda" and "John" for contacting us about this problem.

    MacFixIt Topher Kessler 2010

  • I can only second what everyone else has already said here, and to extend my best wishes, thoughts, and condolences to Dorinda.

    Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr. - NASA Watch 2009

  • I also did what I always did with Ruben -- needled him about when he was going to marry that wonderful woman in his life, Dorinda.

    Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr. - NASA Watch 2009

  • Editor's note: This is from Dorinda White via a friend of Ruben's: It is with great sadness that I must inform you of the passing of a wonderful loved one, friend and colleague, Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr.

    Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr. - NASA Watch 2009

  • Thank you again for being a friend to my life partner, Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr. Dorinda White

    Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr. - NASA Watch 2009

  • Please feel free to contact Dorinda White, his longtime companion at 202.491.3033.

    Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr. - NASA Watch 2009

  • Dorinda, Ruben and my fiancee and I double dated with him a few times, and we had Ruben to Easter sunday brunch-where, for two full hours we never spoke once of the space program.

    Ruben Van Mitchell, Jr. - NASA Watch 2009

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