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  • proper noun A female given name. Medieval variant of Julian and Juliana, revived and quite popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.

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Examples

  • I've explained to Gill how sexy "Gillian" is to geeks across the land due to Gillian Anderson.

    Editorial Feats of Strength apexdigest 2008

  • In 1697, the Lincolnshire diarist and antiquarian, Abraham de la Pryme, noted: They have at (Alkborough) two Roman games, the one called Gillian's (for Julian's) Bore, and the other Troy's Walls.

    Restored - but medieval maze is still a puzzle after centuries 2007

  • I wish I could save up £2000 or so and spend a summer doing the Goethe Institut course that Gillian is doing.

    Susannah's Journal skittledog 2005

  • In 1697, the Lincolnshire diarist and antiquarian, Abraham de la Pryme, noted: They have at (Alkborough) two Roman games, the one called Gillian's (for Julian's) Bore, and the other Troy's Walls.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • Gillian is a relative newcomer to the country music scene.

    There's a few... reynardo 2002

  • Gillian is also strong-willed and determined, but those qualities cannot mask the fear she feels when the raiders from the North ransack her village

    There's a few... reynardo 2002

  • Gillian is an always efficient and highly creative woman, direct and to the point without being blunt and tactless

    There's a few... reynardo 2002

  • Gillian is a Visionary, a Seer, born with the gift of knowing

    There's a few... reynardo 2002

  • Gillian is missing, can MacGyver find her or is it too late?

    There's a few... reynardo 2002

  • Gillian is working towards a Ph.D. at the University of Calgary

    There's a few... reynardo 2002

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