Maxine

//mækˈsiːn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

    "Her real name suggested a second runner-up for a Junior Miss pageant, or maybe a budding actress whose real name is Wanda Maxine Smith."

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"Her real name suggested a second runner-up for a Junior Miss pageant, or maybe a budding actress whose real name is Wanda Maxine Smith."

Etymology

From Max + -ine. An English feminine form of Max coined at the end of the nineteenth century.

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