What does "sharon" mean?
A working-class female.
Sharon
/ˈʃæɹən/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A working-class female.
- Grammar: sharon is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: female name, geographic name, given name, personal name.
- Usage evidence: Sharon found out that she was going to have a baby.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A working-class female. UK, derogatory, slang
"2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl 'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers."
Verb
- 1 Wrapping leftover foods to take home from any kind of social function such as a birthday or wedding. Philippines, slang
Proper Noun
- 1 A plain in Israel.
"I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys."
- 2 A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
"Although the Black Sabbath frontman was raised in the Church of England, his marriage to television personality and manager Sharon Osbourne (Levy), whose father, Don Arden, was Jewish, put Judaism “at the heart of our household,” she told The Jewish Chronicle last year, adding, “Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with.”"
- 3 A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
"My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer."
- 4 A surname.
- 5 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A minor city in Taliaferro County, Georgia.
- 7 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Indiana.
- 8 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A township and minor city therein, in Barber County, Kansas.
- 9 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
- 10 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
- 11 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; An unincorporated community in Saline County, Missouri.
- 12 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
- 13 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town and hamlet therein, in Schoharie County, New York.
- 14 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A minor city in Steele County, North Dakota.
- 15 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; An unincorporated community and township in Noble County, Ohio.
- 16 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
- 17 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- 18 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town in York County, South Carolina.
- 19 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
- 20 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- 21 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town in Portage County, Wisconsin.
- 22 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- 23 A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:; A number of other townships in the United States, including in Illinois, Iowa (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio (4), and Pennsylvania, listed under Sharon Township.
- 24 A place in Canada:; A community in the town of East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, named after the Sharon Temple.
- 25 A place in Canada:; A community in Middlesex Centre township, Middlesex County, Ontario.
- 26 A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Sharon found out that she was going to have a baby."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "sharon"?
Common synonyms include: female name, geographic name, given name, personal name, place name, sharron.
How do you use "sharon" in a sentence?
Sharon found out that she was going to have a baby.
How do you pronounce "sharon"?
Pronounced /ˈʃæɹən/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Tagalog sharon.