Josephine

Proper noun

Josephine

1. A female given name from French.
   • "I hate my name, too, so sentimental! I wish every one would say Jo instead of Josephine. How did you make the boys stop calling you Dora?”1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 3, in Little Women
   • I'm going to call him Joseph
     or Josephine if it's a girl.
     Why?
     Because it's a strong name,
     Joe, Joseph.1998, Steven Herrick, A Place Like This, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 86

Adjective

UK/ˈdʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/

Josephine (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
   • In the 1780s however these were just a couple of strands in the mayhem of Josephine reform, with decrees streaming out of the Hofburg […] at an astounding rate.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 266