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Pearline

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

Proper noun

Pearline

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

Forms of Pearline

alternative formPearleen
alternative formPearlene

Origin of Pearline

Coined at the end of the 19th century from Pearl + -ine. Compare Pauline, Earline.

Questions about Pearline

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

Words near Pearline in the dictionary

  1. pearlier
  2. pearlies
  3. pearliest
  4. pearlike
  5. pearlin
  6. Pearline
  7. pearliness
  8. pearling
  9. pearlings
  10. pearlins
  11. pearlised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pearline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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