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Charmaine

Charmaine proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

Proper noun

Charmaine

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • I wonder why you keep me waiting / Charmaine, my Charmaine / Rise in vain1926, Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack, “Charmaine”

Origin of Charmaine

20th century variant of Charmian, or coinage from the noun charm with the -aine ending as in Elaine and Germaine.

Questions about Charmaine

What does Charmaine mean?
Charmaine means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Charmaine?
Charmaine is a proper noun.

Words near Charmaine in the dictionary

  1. charm up
  2. charm work
  3. charm'd
  4. charm-work
  5. charmable
  6. Charmaine
  7. charman
  8. Charmant
  9. charmante
  10. charmarite
  11. Charmat

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