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Bernie

//ˈbɝni// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A unisex given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Bernard, also used as a formal given name.

    "A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist."

  2. 2
    A unisex given name.; A diminutive of the female given names Bernice or Bernadette.

    "To catch a nearer view of the coming ship, now much larger than the mere speck it had at first appeared, little Bernice, or Bernie, as she was most lovingly called at home, had moved far in advance of her mother, till now she stood quite near to the edge of the wharf."

Noun
  1. 1
    A Bernese mountain dog. informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

* (male): From Bernard + -ie. * (female): From Bernadette + -ie or Bernice + -ie.

Etymology 2

From Bernese + -ie.

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