Dorothy
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Etymology [edit]
The English form of Dorothea, the name of a legendary ( and possibly fictitious) saint, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, "gift" + θεός, "god".
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Dorothy
- A female given name.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2: Act II, Scene IV:
- Pistol. Then to you, Mistress Dorothy; I will charge you.
- Doll Tearsheet. Charge me! I scorn you, scurvy companion.
- 1900 Lyman Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 3:
- "My name is Dorothy," said the girl, " and I am going to the Emerald City to ask the Great Oz to send me back to Kansas."
- 1990 Russell Baker, There's a Country in My Cellar, Morrow, ISBN 0688095984, page 418:
- Don't you think the world has gone steadily downhill ever since parents stopped naming their children Lucy and Dorothy and started naming them Samantha?
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2: Act II, Scene IV:
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female given name
