Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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Feminine form of Latin saint's name Renatus, from renatus ("reborn")

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Examples

  • In her twenty-first century incarnation, Renata is a private detective.

    OOTB Tour: Eternal Moon by Rebecca York Nalini Singh 2009

  • As the book opens, Renata is on an undercover assignment to catch a serial killer who has been murdering female real estate agents, when she’s almost attacked by a pack of vicious dogs.

    OOTB Tour: Eternal Moon by Rebecca York Nalini Singh 2009

  • Renata sent to her llygad and asked him to transmit the most current image he possessed of Dante to her and Fionn.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Renata Salecl is a leading scholar on this particular subject.

    Choice 2011

  • Renata glanced at the young mortal male kneeling in the dew-wet grass behind Fionn, his head respectfully bowed.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • And this pleased Renata because, at the heart of the matter, Dante had been born vampire.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Rachel is cooking dinner for three of us: Ellen (a writer, married with children), Renata (violinist, single, lithe, and prowling at 45), and me.

    Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

  • In this new RSAnimate, Professor Renata Salecl explores the paralysing anxiety and dissatisfaction surrounding limitless choice: Renata Salecl is a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist and legal theorist.

    Choice 2011

  • Of the four of us, Renata has the fastest-thrumming engine, as evidenced by her rabid in-the-moment sex-tryst texting (“omg he flyz in 2nite on red i @ 2 am!!!”).

    Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

  • Perhaps it was placed there by his father, Renata said, hoping it was true.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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