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Prue

Prue proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun (1)

Prue

  1. A female given name.
    • Rosalind savors of quips and hose, / Araminta of wits and beaux; / Prue of old puddings, and Coralie / All of sawdust and spangled shows;~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19

Proper noun (2)

Prue (countable and uncountable, plural Prues)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States.

Forms of Prue

pluralPrues
alternative formPrew
alternative formProw

Origin of Prue

A diminutive of Prudence.

Two possible origins: * A nickname for a valiant warrior, from Middle English prou (“brave, valiant”), itself from Old French proux. * An Americanized spelling of French Prou, Prouix, both related to the above. Compare Prowse.

Questions about Prue

What does Prue mean?
Prue means a female given name.
What part of speech is Prue?
Prue is a proper noun.

Words near Prue in the dictionary

  1. prudistic
  2. prudists
  3. prudity
  4. Prudnik
  5. Prudy
  6. Prue
  7. Prueher
  8. Prues
  9. Pruett
  10. Prufrock
  11. Prufrockian

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