geraldine

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Definition von geraldine im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A female given name

Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.

Of or pertaining to the medieval FitzGerald dynasty of Ireland

Farrar Geraldine Ferraro Geraldine Anne Lorde Audre Geraldine Page Geraldine

{i} female first name

derived from Gerald

Relevante Übersetzungen

Geraldine Anne Ferraro

born Aug. 26, 1935, Newburgh, N.Y., U.S. U.S. politician. She received her law degree from Fordham University Law School in 1960 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1961. She practiced law in New York until 1974, when she became assistant U.S. district attorney. In 1978 she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat. In 1984 the Democratic Party nominated her for vice president on a ticket with Walter Mondale; she thereby became the first woman to be nominated for vice president by a major U.S. political party. In 1992 and 1998 she ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate

Geraldine Chaplin

{i} (born 1944) movie actress who starred in "Doctor Zhivago", daughter of Sir Charles Chaplin

Geraldine Farrar

born Feb. 28, 1882, Melrose, Mass., U.S. died March 11, 1967, Ridgefield, Conn. U.S. soprano. She received vocal training in New York and Paris and made her debut in Charles Gounod's Faust in 1901. Coached by Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929), she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1906, performed in the American premiere of Madama Butterfly opposite Enrico Caruso (1907), and was later a celebrated Carmen. She retired in 1922. She also acted in silent films

Geraldine Ferraro

born Aug. 26, 1935, Newburgh, N.Y., U.S. U.S. politician. She received her law degree from Fordham University Law School in 1960 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1961. She practiced law in New York until 1974, when she became assistant U.S. district attorney. In 1978 she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat. In 1984 the Democratic Party nominated her for vice president on a ticket with Walter Mondale; she thereby became the first woman to be nominated for vice president by a major U.S. political party. In 1992 and 1998 she ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate

Geraldine Page

born Nov. 22, 1924, Kirksville, Mo., U.S. died June 13, 1987, New York, N.Y. U.S. actress. She studied drama in Chicago and New York and won fame on Broadway as Alma Winemiller in Summer and Smoke (1952; film, 1961). Noted for her intuitiveness and creativity in capturing her often vulnerable, eccentric characters, she starred in The Rainmaker (1954-55), Separate Tables (1957-58), Strange Interlude (1963), and Agnes of God (1982). Her films include Hondo (1953), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), and The Trip to Bountiful (1985, Academy Award). She won Emmy Awards for A Christmas Memory (1966) and The Thanksgiving Visitor (1968)

Audre Geraldine Lorde

born Feb. 18, 1934, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 17, 1992, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. poet and essayist. Born to West Indian parents, she worked as a librarian until 1968, when she began to write full-time. She is best known for her passionate writings on lesbian feminism and racial issues, including Cables to Rage (1970), New York Head Shop and Museum (1974), and The Black Unicorn (1978), often called her finest work. Her battle with cancer inspired The Cancer Journals (1980) and A Burst of Light (1988, National Book Award)

Silbentrennung

Ger·al·dine

Türkische aussprache

cerıldin

Aussprache

/ʤerəlˈdēn/ /ʤɛrəlˈdiːn/

Etymologie

() Gerald +‎ -ine. c. 1540 by the Earl of Surrey as a poetic name for Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, "one of the Fitzgeralds". Taken up as a given name in the 19th century, and used as a feminine form of Gerald.