Damaris

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin, in occasional use.

    "Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them."

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"Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them."

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Ancient Greek as a variation of δάμαλις (dámalis, “calf”).

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