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

Just Jill, I'm afraid. Would you prefer if it was Gillian? Oh, I think so. Gillian sounds so much fancier. Fancy? Terrence said. He smiled at her. Or perhaps it sounds flashy? Royal, Richard said. Flowery, Terrence added. You could say Gillian was more flowery. That would fit. What about you, Corrie, what does it sound like to you? Rich, Corrie glanced at Jill. Gillian sounds richer than Jill..

medieval variant of Julian and Juliana, revived and quite popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century
A girl; esp
a wanton; a gill

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born Dec. 18, 1950, Melbourne, Austl. Australian film director. She first garnered international acclaim as the director of My Brilliant Career (1979), a feminist film about a young woman aspiring to be a writer in Victorian-era Australia. Her subsequent works include Australian films such as The Last Days of Chez Nous (1993) and Oscar and Lucinda (1997), as well as U.S. films such as Mrs. Soffel (1984), Little Women (1994), and Charlotte Gray (2001)
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