Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a people inhabiting southeast Myanmar and western Thailand.
- noun Any of the Tibeto-Burman languages of this people.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A language spoken in the Thai-Burmese borderlands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A transliteration of the Armenian male given name
Կարեն . - proper noun A group of languages of
Myanmar andThailand . - proper noun A female
given name . First taken up as a given name in the U.S.A., and popular in the English-speaking world from the 1950s to the 1970s.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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KAREN BAILEY: Darryel Sutton, Graceita Sutton, Cyril, Akirian, Joseph, Darian, Darryel III and Ave. GRACE: Karen, what happened when the hurricane hit?
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He talks about her in hallowed terms, and when he whispers her name "Karen", he lifts his hands and face to heaven.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Karen is convinced that the students in grades 3-7 are reading and writing more thanks to Frankie and her mom, Barb.
Blogs 2010
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On top of being a busy Mom, Karen is a sales manager for videophones and relay services for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2009 » October 2009
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Karen is convinced that the students in grades 3-7 are reading and writing more thanks to Frankie and her mom, Barb.
Selections 2010
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Close to 3000 people took in Karen Levine's presentations, collaboration between the teacher-librarians and the Jewish community was rewarding, and district administrative staff listed the event as a major highlight of Education Week!
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Karen is doing a Twilight spoof for a class project and needs your help!
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Whatever the reason for her death, Karen is never too far my thoughts, as is Chris – a family friend killed by a drunk driver, but that is another story.
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"There are some fun little escapades that Haley and Brooke go on trying to do right by the name of Karen's Café," Bethany Joy Galleoti, who plays Haley, told TVGuide.com.
Exclusive First Look: Stephen Colletti and Chelsea Kane Get Hot and Heavy on One Tree Hill 2012
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Close to 3000 people took in Karen Levine's presentations, collaboration between the teacher-librarians and the Jewish community was rewarding, and district administrative staff listed the event as a major highlight of Education Week!
June 2009 2009
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“Karen” has become shorthand for the actions of entitled white women who report Black and minority ethnic people to bosses or the authorities.
Uber suspends diversity chief over ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ events Ed Pilkington 2023
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