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Roxilina

Roxilina proper noun: a female given name of rare usage.

Proper noun

Roxilina

  1. A female given name of rare usage.
    • In their [the Niagara County Woman’s Suffrage Association’s] regular meeting this afternoon a resolution was passed to petition our Governor to commute the hideous sentence of hanging to imprisonment for life in the case of Roxilina Druse, of Herkimer county, N. Y., who murdered her husband in...1887 January 1, M. B. Cushman, quotee, edited by Clara Bewick Colby, The Woman’s Tribune, volume IV, number 3, Beatrice, Neb.: Clara Bewick Colby, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [3], column 6
    • Roxilina Milethaler, the little daughter of G. Milethaler, of Greenwood, who had been suffering with enlargement of the tonsils for some time, had them cut out last Saturday.1891 May 1, “Expositions”, in Weekly Expositor, volume IX, number 51, Yale, Mich.: Ja[me]s A. Menzies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page [8], column 3

Examples of Roxilina in a sentence

  • Roxilina Holman in a neat speech presented Past President Cadwalade with a beautiful jewel on behalf of the circle.1910 July 17, “[Secret Societies] P. H. C.”, in The Pittsburg Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., →OCLC, editorial section, page 1, column 2:
  • Deceased is survived by his two daughters, Misses Anna and Roxilina[,] and one brother, Mr.1911 June 8, “The Late Duncan Sinclair. […]”, in Orangeville Banner, volume XVIII, number 49, Orangeville, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4...
  • I., May 25, 1860, the daughter of Benjamin F. and Roxilina Starr.1916 January 26, “[Obituary.] Mrs. Annie Adams.”, in Norwich Bulletin, volume LVIII, number 22, Norwich, Conn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2...
  • Miss Roxilina Hough has returned home after visiting friends in Sudbury.1928 April 17, “North Bay and District”, in The Nugget, volume XX, number 24, North Bay, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 1:

Questions about Roxilina

What does Roxilina mean?
Roxilina means a female given name of rare usage.
How do you use Roxilina in a sentence?
Roxilina Holman in a neat speech presented Past President Cadwalade with a beautiful jewel on behalf of the circle.
What part of speech is Roxilina?
Roxilina is a proper noun.

Words near Roxilina in the dictionary

  1. roxbyite
  2. Roxeanne
  3. Roxeth
  4. Roxholm
  5. Roxie
  6. Roxilina
  7. roxindole
  8. roxithromycin
  9. Roxolana
  10. Roxolani
  11. Roxon

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