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Mildred

Syllables: Mil·dred/ˈmɪldɹəd/

Mildred proper noun: a female given name from Old English.

Proper noun

Mildred

  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.~1625 Francis Quarles, Elegy on Lady Luckyn
    • One day Dunsford told him her name was Mildred. He had heard one of the other girls in the shop address her. "What an odious name," said Philip. "Why?" asked Dunsford. "I like it." . "It's so pretentious."1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Pan Books, published 1973, page 268

Origin of Mildred

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

Questions about Mildred

What does Mildred mean?
Mildred means a female given name from Old English.
What part of speech is Mildred?
Mildred is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mildred?
Mildred is pronounced /ˈmɪldɹəd/.

Words near Mildred in the dictionary

  1. Mildmays
  2. mildness
  3. mildnesses
  4. mildot
  5. mildots
  6. Mildred
  7. mildronate
  8. milds
  9. Mildura
  10. mile
  11. mile a minute

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