josephine

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Definition of josephine in English English dictionary

A female given name

I'm going to call him Joseph / or Josephine if it's a girl. / Why? / Because it's a strong name, / Joe, Joseph.

the empress of France from 1804 to 1809. She married Napoleon in 1796, but he got a divorce in 1809 because they had not produced any children together (1763-1814). Baker Josephine Freda Josephine McDonald Baker Sara Josephine Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi Josephine Esther Mentzer Clara Josephine Wieck Gloria May Josephine Svensson

derived from the French Joséphine, feminine form of Joseph

{i} female first name; county in Oregon (USA); town in Texas (USA); town in West Virginia (USA)

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Josephine Baker

(1906-1975) African-American Jazz singer and dancer, member of the Parisian dance troupe "La Revue Negre

Josephine Baker

orig. Freda Josephine McDonald born June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Mo., U.S. died April 12, 1975, Paris, France U.S.-born French entertainer. She joined a dance troupe at age 16 and soon moved to New York City, where she performed in Harlem nightclubs and on Broadway in Chocolate Dandies (1924). She went to Paris in 1925 to dance in La Revue nègre. To French audiences she personified the exoticism and vitality of African American culture, and she became Paris's most popular music-hall entertainer, receiving star billing at the Folies Bergère. In World War II she worked with the Red Cross and entertained Free French troops. From 1950 she adopted numerous orphans of all nationalities as "an experiment in brotherhood." She returned periodically to the U.S. to advance the cause of civil rights

Sara Josephine Baker

born Nov. 15, 1873, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., U.S. died Feb. 22, 1945, New York, N.Y. U.S. physician. She became the first American woman to receive a doctorate in public health. As the first director of New York City's Division of Child Hygiene (the first public agency devoted to child health), she helped make New York's infant-mortality rates the lowest of any major American city. She helped found the American Child Hygiene Association and organized what became the Children's Welfare Federation of New York. She published five books on child hygiene

Hyphenation

Jo·se·phine

Turkish pronunciation

cōsıfin

Pronunciation

/ˈʤōsəˌfēn/ /ˈʤoʊsəˌfiːn/

Etymology

() French Joséphine, diminutive of Josèphe, feminine form of Joseph; made popular by the Empress of Napoleon.