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Enloe

Enloe proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Enloe (plural Enloes)

  1. A surname.
    • This hierarchisation of deaths has been challenged by gender scholars, with Cynthia Enloe coining the notion of “womenandchildren” in her 1990 text "Bananas, Beaches and Bases" to critique the use of this abstract category.2021 June 10, Iona Cable, ““Women And Children”: The Role Of Innocence In Human Rights Reporting”, in Human Rights Pulse, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024

Forms of Enloe

pluralEnloes

Questions about Enloe

What does Enloe mean?
Enloe means a surname.
What part of speech is Enloe?
Enloe is a proper noun.

Words near Enloe in the dictionary

  1. enlocks
  2. enlodge
  3. enlodged
  4. enlodges
  5. enlodging
  6. Enloe
  7. Enloes
  8. Enlow
  9. Enlows
  10. enlumine
  11. enlumined

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