Mildred

//ˈmɪldɹəd// name

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  1. 1
    A female given name from Old English.

    "Queens drop away, while blue-legg'd Maukin lives; / Drones thrive when bees are burnt within their hives; / And courtly Mildred dies, while country Madge survives."

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"We haven't heard from Mildred for two years."

Etymology

From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).

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