Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun   A female given name .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
 
				Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Laura.
Examples
- 
								LISA LING, SISTER OF LAURA LING: It was a tremendous relief to hear Laura ` s voice last night. 
- 
								LISA LING, SISTER OF LAURA LING: We know for certain that Laura and Euna never intended to cross the border when they -- when they left U.S. soil and ... 
- 
								Laura > (Immortalized by Petrarch in his odes and sonnets, _To Laura_) 224 Within that temple where the Vestal flame The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser 
- 
								Jenn Klee: @ Laura, she just stared back with a shocked look and didn't have time to react before my Mom jumped ... emromesco: @Laura Watch out with the connotation of "caliente" we might be 
- 
								“Dead” was the word Laura sometimes substituted for “closed.” The Adults Alison Espach 2011 
- 
								“Dead” was the word Laura sometimes substituted for “closed.” The Adults Alison Espach 2011 
- 
								After seeing the designers 'lines online, my faith in Laura is shattered. Time Traveling Roger Sutton 2006 
- 
								My cousin Laura is a vegetarian who lives with and cooks for five carnivores aka her husband Gary and their four children. Archive 2005-07-01 2005 
- 
								He slides off the front of the truck, and before he can open his mouth to say a word Laura wraps her arms around him. Water Witches Chris Bohjalian 1995 
- 
								"She was in my life a lot," said nephew Doug Jones, who always called Laura "Aunt Sis," a nickname Laura's brother, Bill Jones, gave his older sister when they were growing up. 
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.