Charlene

//ʃɑɹˈlin// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from the Germanic languages; most used in the U.S. in the 1940s.

    ""Be grateful for our blessings, Charlie." My name's really Charlene. Sounds like a southern romance, Fabio drooling over Charlene's heaving bosom. I'm no Charlene, even at fourteen."

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""Be grateful for our blessings, Charlie." My name's really Charlene. Sounds like a southern romance, Fabio drooling over Charlene's heaving bosom. I'm no Charlene, even at fourteen."

Etymology

A feminine form of Charles coined in the nineteenth century. Compare Marlene, Helene and Magdalene for the suffix.

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