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Jemima

//d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə// name, noun

Definitions

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

    "He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren."

Noun
  1. 1
    An elastic-sided boot.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the name of a minor biblical character, from Hebrew יְמִימָה (“dove”). By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James.

Etymology 2

From the name of a minor biblical character, from Hebrew יְמִימָה (“dove”). By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James.

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