Charlene
//ʃɑɹˈlin// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples""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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